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Coastal Cities "Not Doing Enough" To Adapt To Climate Change, Study Shows
Coastal cities are not doing enough to adapt to climate change, taking too long and implementing insufficient measures, according to a major study published this week.
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In This Odisha Village, Coastal Erosion Forces People To Abandon Homes
The gentle roar of the ocean lulled Indian mother-of-two Banita Behra to sleep each night, until one day the encroaching tide reached her doorstep.
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A Medieval UK Village Is Being Swallowed By The Sea
When Nicola Bayless's parents bought a house in Happisburgh, an idyllic coastal village in Norfolk, England, they were told it would be 150 years before erosion of the nearby cliff might threaten it.
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British Houses Worth 584 Million Pounds To Fall Into The Sea Due To Coastal Erosion: Report
By 2100, coastal homes worth 584 million pounds may be lost to the water, according to a climate action group. The group created a map showing the locations of 21 villages and hamlets in England that are under risk.
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Declare Coastal Erosion As Natural Disaster: Kerala Government To Centre
Kerala on Thursday urged the Centre to declare coastal erosion as a natural disaster and also to double the disaster relief amount in view of loss and damage in the state's coastline which is exposed to rogue waves.
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Facing Nature's Fury, Kerala Student Writes To President For Help
Caught between COVID-19 and sea erosion, Edgar Sebastian, a Class 10 student hailing from Chellanam, a coastal village in Kochi wrote to President Ram Nath Kovind urging help for his village and family.
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Sea Erosion Damage In Thiruvananthapuram, Days Before Cyclone Fani Expected
In Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram has been facing severe coastal erosion since Wednesday, including destruction of several houses and forcing people into camps.
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Uninhabited Lakshadweep Island Vanishes, Says Study
One of the biodiversity-rich uninhabited islands part of Lakshadweep has vanished due to coastal erosion and another four such territories in the sea are shrinking fast, claims a new study.
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Years of illegal sand mining take its toll on Tuticorin coast, shore line eroding
People from Viapar, a coastal village in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin district, say they have never seen sea waves reach so close to their homes. Several neighbouring villages echo the same story as years of illegal mining have led to heavy beach erosion across the region.
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40 per cent of Indian coast subjected to erosion
Around 40 per cent of the Indian coast is subjected to erosion and development in high eroding stretches is prohibited, Environment and Forests Minister Jayanthi Natarajan told the Rajya Sabha Tuesday.
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Tata Power's Mundra UMPP sees Rs 3,000 cr equity erosion on expensive coal: sources
Tata Power, which is seeking higher tariff for electricity generated from its 4,000 MW Mundra UMPP, has so far seen erosion of more than 60 per cent of the Rs 4,500 crore equity investment in the project, according to sources.
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187 km of Orissa's coast face erosion threat: Study
Nearly 187 km of Orissa's 480-km-long coastline has been exposed to erosion and a major portion of it identified as accreting or stable, a study says.While 39.3 km (about 8.2 per cent) was identified as high erosion zone, 51.96 km (10.82 per cent) fell under medium erosion zone.The assessment was made in the World Bank-funded Integrated Coastal Zon...
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Coastal Cities "Not Doing Enough" To Adapt To Climate Change, Study Shows
Coastal cities are not doing enough to adapt to climate change, taking too long and implementing insufficient measures, according to a major study published this week.
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In This Odisha Village, Coastal Erosion Forces People To Abandon Homes
The gentle roar of the ocean lulled Indian mother-of-two Banita Behra to sleep each night, until one day the encroaching tide reached her doorstep.
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A Medieval UK Village Is Being Swallowed By The Sea
When Nicola Bayless's parents bought a house in Happisburgh, an idyllic coastal village in Norfolk, England, they were told it would be 150 years before erosion of the nearby cliff might threaten it.
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British Houses Worth 584 Million Pounds To Fall Into The Sea Due To Coastal Erosion: Report
By 2100, coastal homes worth 584 million pounds may be lost to the water, according to a climate action group. The group created a map showing the locations of 21 villages and hamlets in England that are under risk.
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Declare Coastal Erosion As Natural Disaster: Kerala Government To Centre
Kerala on Thursday urged the Centre to declare coastal erosion as a natural disaster and also to double the disaster relief amount in view of loss and damage in the state's coastline which is exposed to rogue waves.
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Facing Nature's Fury, Kerala Student Writes To President For Help
Caught between COVID-19 and sea erosion, Edgar Sebastian, a Class 10 student hailing from Chellanam, a coastal village in Kochi wrote to President Ram Nath Kovind urging help for his village and family.
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Sea Erosion Damage In Thiruvananthapuram, Days Before Cyclone Fani Expected
In Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram has been facing severe coastal erosion since Wednesday, including destruction of several houses and forcing people into camps.
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Uninhabited Lakshadweep Island Vanishes, Says Study
One of the biodiversity-rich uninhabited islands part of Lakshadweep has vanished due to coastal erosion and another four such territories in the sea are shrinking fast, claims a new study.
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Years of illegal sand mining take its toll on Tuticorin coast, shore line eroding
People from Viapar, a coastal village in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin district, say they have never seen sea waves reach so close to their homes. Several neighbouring villages echo the same story as years of illegal mining have led to heavy beach erosion across the region.
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40 per cent of Indian coast subjected to erosion
Around 40 per cent of the Indian coast is subjected to erosion and development in high eroding stretches is prohibited, Environment and Forests Minister Jayanthi Natarajan told the Rajya Sabha Tuesday.
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Tata Power's Mundra UMPP sees Rs 3,000 cr equity erosion on expensive coal: sources
Tata Power, which is seeking higher tariff for electricity generated from its 4,000 MW Mundra UMPP, has so far seen erosion of more than 60 per cent of the Rs 4,500 crore equity investment in the project, according to sources.
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187 km of Orissa's coast face erosion threat: Study
Nearly 187 km of Orissa's 480-km-long coastline has been exposed to erosion and a major portion of it identified as accreting or stable, a study says.While 39.3 km (about 8.2 per cent) was identified as high erosion zone, 51.96 km (10.82 per cent) fell under medium erosion zone.The assessment was made in the World Bank-funded Integrated Coastal Zon...
