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Monitoring Natural Disasters in the Philippines

Planet Pulse

The country’s location also makes it vulnerable to other natural disasters including frequent earthquakes, volcanic eruptions as well as tsunamis, sea-level rise, storm surges, landslides, flooding, and drought. Further, the data help its government formulate policies based on research studies using satellite data.

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Des Moines, Iowa commits to 24/7 clean electricity

Renewable Energy World

Though it’s insulated from sea level rise, the state of Iowa faces many dangerous climate change impacts — which in turn threaten the nation’s food supply. Podcast (localenergyrules): Play in new window | Download | Embed. Originally published on ILSR.org . Subscribe: Stitcher | RSS Episode Transcript.

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Climate Science And Financial risk: Forging A Path To More Climate-Resilient Businesses

Energy Innovation

Second, risks related to doing business in a changing physical environment, including increasingly severe extreme weather events, changing precipitation patterns, rising temperatures, and sea-level rise. Both types of risk vary considerably based on business type, size, and location.

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50 Books on Climate Change and Sustainbility

Green Market Oracle

Residents are already starting to see the effects of sea level rise today. Conclusively tracking the history of misinformation from the 18th century through today's anti-immigration policies, The Next Great Migration makes the case for a future in which migration is not a source of fear, but of hope.

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The digital divide worsens the inequitable impacts of the climate crisis

GreenBiz

To Jim Kessler , executive vice president for policy at the moderate public policy think tank Third Way, this framing makes perfect sense. In 2018, Barford and two colleagues published a study highlighting the vulnerability of America’s fiber cables to sea level rise, and he’s investigating how wildfires threaten mobile networks.

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The digital divide worsens the inequitable impacts of the climate crisis

AGreenLiving

To Jim Kessler , executive vice president for policy at the moderate public policy think tank Third Way, this framing makes perfect sense. In 2018, Barford and two colleagues published a study highlighting the vulnerability of America’s fiber cables to sea level rise, and he’s investigating how wildfires threaten mobile networks.