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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
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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
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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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Trump administration accelerates logging in Black Hills, raising alarms over tribal rights and forest health

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Global crackdown on environmental defenders leaves thousands attacked or missing

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New tech campuses are draining water from Latin America’s driest places

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Congress proposes major reforms to FEMA in bid to counter Trump cuts

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How fragile power grids and extreme weather combined to cause Europe’s biggest blackout in decades

Regenerative agriculture drought resilience

As regenerative agriculture gains momentum, report warns of “greenwashing”

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EPA moves to erase power plant emissions rules, claiming climate impact is too small

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Wildfire smoke threatens pregnant patients in underserved areas, study shows