«By betting on rapid sea - level rise, they would either be able to stay in their homes at the cost of losing the bet if sea - level rise was slow, or would win the bet and have money to pay
for sea defences or relocation if sea - level rise was rapid.»
He asked the Omanhen to provide land on which he will build a cold store for the people of Komenda, stones
for a sea defence project, roofing sheets, pavement blocks and cement for the renovation of the traditional council's office.
Not exact matches
His attitude to
defence puzzled me
for a while (and still does), why Mert is there at all is a mystery, and he seems all at
sea with his offence force.
A few months ago
defence secretary Phillip Hammond announced # 350 million funding
for a new generation of nuclear submarines — a move which already seemed to rule out disarmament or even a change of course from a
sea - based deterrent.
Angus Robertson,
defence spokesman
for the Scottish National Party, said: «The Tory government is putting lives at risk on
sea and land by their reckless cuts to the Coastguard and privatisation plan
for Search and Rescue services.
A space scientist at the University of Leicester, in collaboration with the New Zealand
Defence Technology Agency and DMC International Imaging, has been trialling a concept
for using satellite imagery to significantly improve the chances of locating ships and planes, such as the missing Malaysian flight MH370, lost at
sea.
The output is a risk assessment of the direct and indirect economic impacts of storm surge under climate change, including,
for example, production and job losses and reconstruction duration, and the benefits of investment in upgraded
sea defences.
The 20 coastal cities where economic average annual losses (AAL) increase most by 2050 compared to 2005
for an optimistic scenario of
sea level rise if current
defence standards are not improved.
Desperate
for flood /
sea defence pic.twitter.com / VKntPeWaOM