Read more sea level stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4158/sea-level.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:37:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72946/nasa-mission-monitors-polar-ice.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNASA has begun a mission much closer to home than usual. The agency is flying a DC-8 over Antarctica to track melting glaciers and any subsequent rise in sea levels. Operation Ice Bridge is designed to buttress the work of a fading satellite, ICESat, which is just about spent after...http://www.newser.com/story/72946/nasa-mission-monitors-polar-ice.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 13:02:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71936/maldives-leaders-meet-underwater-on-climate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMembers of the Maldives' Cabinet donned scuba gear and used hand signals today at an underwater meeting staged to highlight the threat of global warming to the lowest-lying nation on earth. President Mohammed Nasheed and 13 other government officials submerged and took their seats at a table on the sea...http://www.newser.com/story/71936/maldives-leaders-meet-underwater-on-climate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 17 Oct 2009 11:25:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69854/venice-struggles-to-stay-afloat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNot only is Venice sinking, but the $6-billion floodgates designed to protect it may not do the job, NPR reports. Critics say that the 78 half-built mobile gates, designed to block off seawater when it rises, may fail to fend off sea levels heightened by climate change. And even if...http://www.newser.com/story/69854/venice-struggles-to-stay-afloat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 20 Sep 2009 16:26:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63117/threat-of-rising-sea-hasnt-sunk-in-for-florida-keys.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Florida Keys are in serious danger from rising ocean levels—and woefully unprepared to deal with the challenge, the Miami Herald reports. “South Florida is on the front line against sea-level rise in the United States, and the Florida Keys are ground zero,” a scientist said. In the best-case...http://www.newser.com/story/63117/threat-of-rising-sea-hasnt-sunk-in-for-florida-keys.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Jun 2009 14:54:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60380/study-predicts-rising-seas-in-northeast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIncreases in sea level caused by climate change could be dramatically larger than the world average in the densely populated Northeast, LiveScience reports. A new study shows that the melting Greenland ice cap and ocean dynamics will push 12 to 20 more inches of water toward New England and Canada...http://www.newser.com/story/60380/study-predicts-rising-seas-in-northeast.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 28 May 2009 17:25:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53413/global-warming-will-buoy-east-coast-sea-level.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe effect of climate change on Atlantic currents will boost the threat of flooding along the US East Coast more than glacial melting alone, a study predicts. New York, Boston, and Washington, DC, are expected to experience more shoreline encroachment and have higher risk of storm surges as changing currents...http://www.newser.com/story/53413/global-warming-will-buoy-east-coast-sea-level.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Mar 2009 12:06:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52944/sea-levels-rising-faster-than-expected.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTop climate scientists say sea levels are rising faster than expected, the Times of London reports. The world's oceans will rise about 3 feet by the end of the century, double the amount predicted in a 2007 estimate by the UN. The new figure, blamed on melting ice sheets, could...http://www.newser.com/story/52944/sea-levels-rising-faster-than-expected.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Mar 2009 18:16:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/42196/island-paradise-seeks-new-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUnder serious threat from rising sea levels, the government of the Maldives is saving funds from the islands' biggest industry—tourism—to finance the purchase of a new national home, the Guardian reports. Much of the country, near India, rises less than 5 feet above the water, and the UN...http://www.newser.com/story/42196/island-paradise-seeks-new-home.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Nov 2008 11:02:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/17574/island-paradise-battles-global-warming.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Republic of Maldives has a lot to fear from rising sea levels, but the chain of tiny islands in the Indian Ocean is doing something to protect itself. The nation has built a concrete wall around the capital, Male, and constructed an entirely new island 7 feet higher than...http://www.newser.com/story/17574/island-paradise-battles-global-warming.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Jan 2008 16:18:32 CST