New Study highlights Sea-level rise risks
A new study reveals that due to climate change increasing sea level we face once in a lifetime flooding events becoming almost daily by 2100
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Sea level rise accelerating along US coastline
Latest VIMS Sea Level Rise report for actual measurements from tide gauges around US coast has been published. Sea Level rise is accelerating.
Study: Antarctica likely to drive rapid sea-level rise
A study that examines what happened during last interglacial points very strongly towards what will unfold for us over the next few centuries.
Sea level rise – Millions at risk by 2100
A new peer-reviewed paper published on 29th Oct within Nature Communications highlights the risk that millions face from sea level rise by 2100. Titled “New elevation data triple estimates of global vulnerability to sea-level rise and coastal flooding“, the paper translates sea level rise projections into actual exposures. Highlights As a result of heat-trapping pollution … Read more Sea level rise – Millions at risk by 2100
More Evidence for historical sea level
Last May I was writing about sea level rise. That posting was about a new study that had revised the projected sea level rise from 1 meter to 2 meters by the year 2100, just 81 years from now. There is of course nothing magical about the year 2100, it does not mark the end-game. … Read more More Evidence for historical sea level
Should we be worried about Greenland?
Reports of dramatic melt events in Greenland provoke different reactions. Some, (thankfully only a small number), sit back and observe, “It is summer, this is what happens in the summer“. Others respond more dramatically. During the last Democratic debate, long-shot candidate Andrew Yang urged people to move away from the coast because we are already … Read more Should we be worried about Greenland?