Climate Change

Edit Inquisitr 07 May 2016
Sirilo Sutaroti, 94, is a chief of the Paurata tribe in the Solomon Islands ... five of the Solomon islands have vanished due to sea level rise ... This study in the Solomon Islands provides the first scientific evidence to confirm local stories across the Pacific of how climate change has effected island coastlines and the region’s natives, providing valuable insight into the planet’s future....

Sea-Level Rise Has Claimed Five Whole Islands In The Pacific: First Scientific Evidence

Edit IFL Science 07 May 2016
Recently at least five reef islands in the remote Solomon Islands have been lost completely to sea-level rise and coastal erosion, and a further six islands have been severely eroded. These islands lost to the sea range in size from one to five hectares ... Nuatambu Island, home to 25 families, has lost more than half of its habitable area, with 11 houses washed into the sea since 2011....

The Islanders had to briefly turn to a rookie goalie in Game 4

Edit CBS Sports 07 May 2016
Thomas Greiss has been a huge surprise for the New York Islanders this postseason and is a big reason they are not on ly playing in the second round, but also entered Game 4 on Friday night with a chance to tie their series with the Tampa Bay Lightning ... The Islanders have to rely on Greiss and Berube in net due to an injury to starting goalie Jaroslav Halak....

Five islands in Solomons submerged: study

Edit Taipei Times 07 May 2016
Five islands have disappeared in the Solomon Islands due to rising sea levels and coastal erosion, according to an Australian study that scientists said yesterday could provide valuable insights for future research. A further six reef islands have been severely eroded in a remote area of the Solomons, the study said, with one experiencing 10 houses being swept into the sea between 2011 and 2014....

Sea-level rise claims five islands in Solomons: study

Edit The Times of India 07 May 2016
Five islands have disappeared in the Pacific's Solomon Islands due to rising sea levels and coastal erosion, according to an Australian study that scientists said Saturday could provide valuable insights for future research. A further six reef islands have been severely eroded in the remote area of the Solomons, the study said, with one experiencing some 10 houses being swept into the sea between 2011 and 2014....

Drought is a life-or-death situation for low-lying islands

Edit Grist 07 May 2016
But on a recent sailing excursion with friends, Angela Saunders was struck by how brown and withered the island looked ... Majuro, capital of the Marshall Islands, is an atoll in the Pacific Ocean with a land area of about four square miles ... It is a scene that is playing out across the hundreds of low-lying islands and atolls scattered across a vast swath of the western Pacific Ocean broadly known as Micronesia....

Tree Island Steel Announces 2016 Annual Meeting Results and Election of Directors (Tree Island Steel Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 07 May 2016
Tree Island Steel Ltd) NEWS RELEASE. Via Tree Island Announces 2016 Annual Meeting Results and Election of Directors. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada - May 6, 2016 - Tree Island Steel Ltd. ("Tree Island" or the "Company") (TSX.TSL) announced that all matters put forward for consideration at its 2016 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") received requisite shareholder approval....

Garrison's OT goal lifts Lightning to 2-1 win over Islanders

Edit Atlanta Journal 07 May 2016
Jason Garrison scored 1.34 into overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 2-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Friday night and a 3-1 series lead ... Kyle Okposo scored early in the first period for the Islanders, and Greiss stopped 20 shots ... The Islanders turned the puck over in their end with just over a minute left in regulation, and Alex Killorn skated in, but Greiss stopped his wrist shot....

Assertive Isles are learning harsh NHL-playoff truth

Edit New York Post 07 May 2016
Only, maybe not for the Islanders this week in Brooklyn. Despite an entirely admirable effort in Friday’s Game 4, through which the Islanders dictated the pace and for the most part eliminated the speedy and skilled Lightning’s time and space, what could have happened and what (seemingly) should have happened — that being a victory to knot this Round 2 series at 2-all — it did not happen that way ... The Islanders could have won Tuesday....

Tree Island Announces 2016 Annual Meeting Results and Election of Directors

Edit Stockhouse 07 May 2016
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwired) -- -- Tree Island Steel Ltd. ("Tree Island" or the "Company") (TSX.TSL) announced that all matters put forward for consideration at its 2016 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") received requisite shareholder approval ... All nominees listed in the management proxy circular for the Meeting were elected as directors of Tree Island ... About Tree Island Steel ... Tree Island Steel Ltd....

NHL Three Stars: Lightning take series control with another OT win

Edit Yahoo Daily News 07 May 2016
Tampa’s goaltender gave up an early goal to New York Islanders forward Kyle Okposo. After that, Bishop kept the Islanders off the scoreboard, stopping 27 of 28 shots on goal in the Lightning’s 2-1 overtime win in Game 4 ... Okposo’s goal was the only score for the Islanders ... Did You Know? The Islanders have needed overtime in four of their five playoff games at Barcalys Center this spring....

Russia and Japan eye Kurils deal

Edit Asia Times 07 May 2016
In a rare visit to Russia, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met President Vladimir Putin for talks at the Black Sea resort of Sochi and the two leaders agreed to take a “new approach” to the decades-long territorial dispute over four southernmost islands in the Pacific Kuril chain ... Russia’s top officials refrained from high-profile visits to the Kuril Islands....

Asylum seekers deported from Cocos Islands arrested by Sri Lankan police

Edit The Guardian 07 May 2016
The 12 Sri Lankan asylum seekers deported from Australia’s Cocos Islands have been arrested and taken into police custody in Colombo. The group, which included a woman, one child, and one infant, were flown back on a secret charter flight from the islands overnight on Thursday ... Asylum seekers who reached Cocos Islands could be back in Sri Lanka....
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