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As co-author of the 2005 National Academy of Sciences report "Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future, " Richardson called for the U.S. to ensure it remains globally competitive in science and technology.
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Hoppe says that even when the role of rising population in storm paths is removed from the accelerating trend in losses, climate change emerges as a clear factor in the increased losses.
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Most of the rescues occurred in Galveston County, where rising water and other effects of the storm began hours before expected landfall early Saturday.
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Today, when I got back to Twitter, I was quickly able to see the vast devastation down in New Jersey and to wonder at the impact of what seems to be a new pattern of storm surges and rising waters in the New York region.
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There will undoubtedly be wrangling between insurance adjusters, homeowners and the feds over what water damage was due to the storm, and what is attributable to the rising flood.
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Louisiana's rising toll brings the total number of deaths from the storm to 1, 033.
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As the Phil Mickelson brouhaha underscored, poor economics and rising tax rates can cause a perfect storm.
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While property prices were rising as they were until East Asia's financial storm struck the developers were happy to co-operate.
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Such aerosol-induced clouds, however, would have silver linings if they formed near a hurricane because the rising air that created them would carry away heat that would otherwise be sucked in to fuel the storm.
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The problem is, as sea level rises, storm surges become more dangerous and more frequent, and sea levels along the northeast Atlantic coast are rising faster than most anyplace on earth.
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The destructive flooding caused by the storm Sandy, which struck the U.S. East Coast in late October, revived anxieties about rising ocean levels in heavily populated coastal regions.
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