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Battleship North Carolina
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How the flood-prone site of Battleship North Carolina is adapting to a rising sea

The site of the Battleship North Carolina faces peril from a rising sea. Now those who run it want to surrender some of its land back to nature.
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climate impacts sierra leone
www.dw.com

Swallowed by the sea

While some communities brace for the future affects of climate change, the archipelago known as the Turtle Islands off Sierra Leone's coast is dealing with rising sea levels and disappearing land right now. People have had to relocate, which is not cheap for locals who earn just 10 cents a day.
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How climate change threatens the Torres Strait islands
time.com

How climate change threatens the Torres Strait islands

In January 2018 floods, the sea wall that Australia built to protect the residents of Yam Island collapsed.

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Hawaii's islands are under threat from rising sea levels, experts warn

The popular iconic beach will experience chronic flooding and could disappear under water.
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Rising seas: 'Florida is about to be wiped off the map'
www.theguardian.com

Rising seas: 'Florida is about to be wiped off the map'

Sea level rises are not some distant threat; for many Americans they are very real. In an extract from her chilling new book, Rising, Elizabeth Rush details how the US coastline will be radically transformed in the coming years.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Texas oil boom brings wealth, but pollution leaves communities struggling

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Wildfires in Los Angeles disrupted school for thousands of vulnerable students

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Rising temperatures could sharply increase heart disease risks by 2050

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Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Climate scientist Michael Mann speaks at a podium with a porjection of the famous hockey Stick climate graph.

A climate scientist’s legal win just got flipped on its head

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Trump administration seeks to reframe climate change as beneficial

CLIMATE
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U.S. scientists push forward with climate research despite government withdrawal

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Trump’s pick to lead clean energy office has deep oil industry ties