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  • September 2008

    • Ike's Message: Don't Build on Sandbars

      LiveScience  |  Sep 14, 08 3:37 PM CDT

      Ike's Message: Don't Build on Sandbars

      (Newser) - The barrier islands along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts entice inhabitants with their balmy beachfronts, but prove an equal draw for often devastating tropical storms. As Hurricane Ike's path of destruction across Galveston Island shows, building houses on what amounts to an oversized sandbar can be a critical mistake—though one that is becoming more and more common, reports LiveScience. More »

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      Hurricane Ike  • natural disaster  • flooding  • Galveston  • island

  • June 2008

    • Lost Divers Fight Off Indonesian Dragon

      CNN  |  Jun 7, 08 5:58 PM CDT

      Lost Divers Fight Off Indonesian Dragon

      (Newser) - European divers battled a Komodo dragon while waiting 36 hours to be rescued from a deserted Indonesian island, CNN reports. The group, which scavenged for shellfish and pelted the giant lizard with rocks, is dehydrated but suffered minor cuts. Asked if the dragons are dangerous, one expert responded, “Of course! They eat almost everything, including human beings.” More »

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      rescue  • Indonesia  • island  • diving  • dragon  • Komodo dragon

  • December 2007

    • Dutch Float Plans for Island in North Sea

      Reuters  |  Dec 10, 07 6:35 PM CST

      Dutch Float Plans for Island in North Sea

      (Newser) - The Dutch are seriously considering building a tulip-shaped island in the North Sea to expand the severely crowded nation and shield the coast from the rising ocean, Reuters reports.  "People live on top of each other in the Netherlands," said a politician.  "We are hungry for land." More »

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      global warming  • Netherlands  • North Sea  • island

  • September 2007

    • 11,000 People With No Place to Go... Yet

      Der Spiegel  |  Sep 16, 07 6:03 PM CDT

      11,000 People With No Place to Go... Yet

      (Newser) - Legal experts are debating what to do with the people of Tuvalu, a Polynesian island state which will be underwater in 50 years if the globe keeps warming. Many residents have found homes in New Zealand but others have met resistance in Australia, where immigration is an election issue. International law has no provisions for so-called “climate refugees," Der Spiegel reports.  More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • United Nations  • island

  • August 2007

    • As Ice Shrinks, Islands Emerge

      Reuters  |  Aug 21, 07 7:44 AM CDT

      As Ice Shrinks, Islands Emerge

      (Newser) - The melting of ice in the Arctic Ocean has revealed previously undiscovered islands, one approximately the size of a basketball court. Reuters reports that the formerly submerged islands are unclaimed by any government but lie near Svalbard, the Norwegian territory north of the Arctic Circle. The discoveries raise fears that scientists have underestimated the accelerating pace of global warming. More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • Arctic  • Norway  • ice  • island  • Svalbard

    • Israelis Eye Building Islands

      Jerusalem Post (Israel)  |  Aug 17, 07 4:02 PM CDT

      Israelis Eye Building Islands

      (Newser) - The Israelis want to build artificial islands in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Tel Aviv, and put an international airport on one of them. It's been talked about, on and off, for more than a decade; the project has finally been deemed feasable by a planning committee. The panel’s chair said the island chain is needed to support Israeli’s surging economy. More »

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      Israel  • environmentalism  • tourism  • airport  • eco tourism  • island  • Tel Aviv  • Mediterranean Sea

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