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Enormous cost of relocating US climate refugees from coastal town a stark example for the whole world, researchers warn

Frontiers

A 2015 paper by Schulte found that Tangier Island had lost 67% of its total landmass since 1850 due to a combination of relative sea level rise and coastal erosion. The publication of the paper was followed by misinformation, the researchers said, with claims that coastal erosion alone was responsible for Tangier’s land loss.

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As coral reefs are in demise, a new one is discovered near Tahiti?

A Greener Life

In addition, the organisms that live on the reefs can be further used as they can be important for medical research, and can also provide protection from coastal erosion and tsunamis. As coral reefs are an important food source for other organisms, locating them can aid research around biodiversity.

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Sea level in the IPCC 6th assessment report (AR6)

Real Climate

The IPCC calls this a “robust acceleration ( high confidence ) of global mean sea level rise over the 20th century”, as did the SROCC in 2019. We would see massive coastal erosion happening all around. During the most recent period analyzed, 2006-2018, it’s been rising at a rate of 3.7

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U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker Begins Arctic Journey

Ocean Conservancy

Changing conditions can make the sea ice less predictable and more dangerous for hunters, compromise ice cellars that are used for food storage, and accelerate damaging coastal erosion. Climate change is also affecting the Arctic Ocean ecosystem, including its marine mammals, sea birds, fish and other marine species.

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Deciphering the ‘SPM AR6 WG1’ code

Real Climate

This means more coastal erosion, increases the risk of coastal inundation and makes storm surges a bigger threat for coastal settlements. Wm 2 over the period 1750-2019 because we have added extra greenhouse gases into Earth’s atmosphere. The current estimate is 3°C, with a likely range of 2.5°C

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20 000 channels of seismic data reveal Arctic climate change

Physics World

I had done some previous work in Alaska using traditional seismometers to listen to permafrost melting, so when the first examples of DAS on the sea floor came out late in 2019, I thought, “I wonder if there’s a telecoms networks up in Alaska where I could try this under the sea ice?”.