2003 Climate Change Sea Level 
Circle of Blue
JULY 25, 2025
The researchers were surprised to find that the loss of water on the continents has grown so dramatically that it has become one of the largest causes of global sea level rise. Note: Data is for February 2003 to December 2013 and January 2014 to April 2024. Graphics by Lucas Waldron/ProPublica. Reager, Fan Zhang (2025).
Union of Concerned Scientists
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
Climate impacts as human rights violations It’s widely accepted that climate change is the cause of human rights violations for millions of people, including their rights to adequate housing, healthy working conditions, safe drinking water, education, and a healthy environment.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 20, 2023
The lightest lines are from the earliest projections, the lightest grey being from 1977, and the darker colors are later with the black line being from 2003. Corporate leadership was informed about advances in climate science and incorporated those advances when its scientists built their own models. Let’s dig into what Supran et al.’s
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
At the evening seafood reception that year, in a corner near the fresh oysters, a board member of the Maine Lobstermen’s Association remarked to me, “Everyone blames everything on climate change, but they blame the Right Whale on lobstering.” His remark has remained with me ever since. Sea levels are rising.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 24, 2023
The RMI compact was renewed in 2003, and now all three Compacts are up for renewal: the Compacts with Micronesia and the Marshall Islands will expire Oct 2023, and Palau’s will expire in 2024. The money allocated proved to be woefully inadequate: According to the National Nuclear Commission , of the nearly $2.4 billion was left unpaid.
Environmental Progress
JUNE 29, 2020
On behalf of environmentalists everywhere, I would like to formally apologize for the climate scare we created over the last 30 years. Climate change is happening. I have been a climate activist for 20 years and an environmentalist for 30. Lire en français ici. Leer en español aquí. It’s just not the end of the world.
A Greener Life
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
As the impacts of climate change are felt more acutely with each passing year, new research suggests that the future costs of emitting CO2 today may be much higher than previously calculated. The “ climate module ”: How will the climate be altered by those emissions ? How fast will sea levels and temperatures rise?
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