rising sea levels

• Activists floated a ‘sinking house’ down a U.K. river to make a point about climate change

  The activists called it “another attempt to send an SOS to the government on climate inaction.”

  Environment

  Nov 10, 2019
• 300 million people currently live in areas threatened by rising sea levels, study finds

  China contains the largest affected population, followed by Bangladesh, India, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand. 

  Canada

  Oct 29, 2019
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• ‘Historic’ Halifax seawall being redeveloped as municipality seeks to reduce impact of climate change

  Construction crews could be seen hard at work at the Horshoe Island Park seawall this week as they continued their efforts to prepare the municipality's sea walls

  Environment

  Jul 10, 2019
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• Large parts of the East Coast are one ‘perfect storm’ away from being cut off from Canada

  Amherst, N.S., is a potential ground zero of a Canadian climate change disaster, where sea-level communities face rising oceans and await word on a detailed plan and the funding to keep the narrow land link between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick open.

  Environment

  Mar 28, 2019
• Greenland’s major glacier sees ‘temporary’ growth, but its future remains bleak

  Researchers say it would be a "grave mistake" to see the shift as contradicting climate change science.

  Environment

  Mar 26, 2019
• Nova Scotia set to regulate coastal construction as sea levels rise

  Environment Minister Margaret Miller says the new Coastal Protection Act will ensure clear provincewide rules for what can and cannot be done along the province's vulnerable coastlines.

  Environment

  Mar 12, 2019
• 2018 was the warmest year on record for oceans, new study warns

  A group of international researchers says the study's findings are dire because the ocean's temperature is a clear indication of climate change.

  Environment

  Jan 11, 2019
• Ottawa to assess impact of climate change on Nova Scotia’s land link to Canada

  Ottawa is spending $350,000 to study a critical transportation link connecting New Brunswick and Nova Scotia that could be washed away by rising sea levels and storm surges.

  Environment

  May 14, 2018
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• Rising sea levels accelerating ‘ghost forests’ along Canada, U.S. east coast, experts warn

  The process has occurred naturally for thousands of years, but it has accelerated in recent decades as polar ice melts and raises sea levels, scientists say, pushing salt water farther inland and killing trees in what used to be thriving freshwater plains.

  Environment

  Aug 1, 2017
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• Earth on track to heat up to devastating levels by 2100, scientists say

  If humans continue on living as they do now, Earth's temperature will warm by a devastating 5 C by 2100, new research has found, resulting in a world of draught, flooding, ravaged food supply, and disappearing species.

  Environment

  Nov 17, 2016