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Service: Gad Levy Appointed Co-Chair of US CLIVAR PSMI Panel
February 2014
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Gad Levy has been appointed Co-Chair of the US CLIVAR PSMI Panel: United Sates Climate Variability and Predictability Program Process Study and Model Improvement Panel. 70 authors, including Gad, wrote the Dec 2012, “US Climate Variability & Predictability Program Science Plan.” Thank you Gad!
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Gad Levy
Seminar: A Sea-Surface-Height Control Barrage at the Strait of Gibraltar
December 19, 2013 @ 10:30 a.m.
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Jim Gower (IOS (Institute of Ocean Sciences), Canada) 
Global sea-level rise is now seen as one of the most significant impacts of human-induced climate change, and is expected to seriously affect most coastal areas in the next 10 to 100 years. However, for the coasts of the Mediterranean and Black Seas, a dam on the Strait of Gibraltar would provide long-term protection against every conceivable future global sea-level rise for the next few millennia. The dam would be designed to (initially) cause a height difference between its two sides of only a few metres, limiting its impact on shipping, but requiring lock gates at the dam and on the Suez canal. This paper discusses arguments for and against such a dam, including long-term effects connected to Mediterranean salinity. The dam would be a major project, requiring international agreements and resources. It will probably not be built soon, but discussions need to start to quantify costs, benefits and impacts.
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