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Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
The latest science shows clearly that the infrastructure in Baltimore will be taxed by sea level rise, extreme heat, and extended droughts. While weather is always variable, a stable climate helps us safeguard against the devastating impacts of extreme weather events, sea-level rise, and disruptions to essential services.
Circle of Blue
APRIL 8, 2025
All of Seldovia draws its water from a single reservoir, which sits within city limits no more than 200 feet above sea level. Atmospheric warming, however, will almost certainly affect the waters quality. And then it started to dawn on us, Cameron says. Wow, there hasnt been very much rain. But August came and went nothing.
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Our Environment
MAY 21, 2021
Rising sea levels and increased intensity of storm surges are playing a considerable role in the degradation of coastal regions in the Pacific Islands. Illustrating the variation in sea levels from 1993 – 2018. Photo credit. Written by: Jack McCulloch. Shows a generally increasing trend. Source: NASA (August 2018).
Physics World
JULY 17, 2021
On 7 October 2008 a Qantas flight en route from Singapore to Australia, travelling at 11,300 m, suddenly pitched down, with 12 passengers seriously injured as a result. When they strike the Earth’s atmosphere they create a secondary shower of particles, including neutrons, muons, pions and alpha particles.
Legal Planet
MAY 19, 2024
(credit: PBI Actuarial Consultants) Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, in coordination with an equally myopic and partisan Florida Legislature, has approved new state legislation ( HB 1645 ) that eliminates the term “climate change” from numerous existing Florida statutes that former Republican Governor Charlie Crist signed into law in 2008.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 20, 2023
Candidates did not use climate change as a defining issue in the 2008 presidential general election because there was no daylight between presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama with respect to climate science, a sense of urgency, and policy solutions! Cannot the past be prologue?
HumanNature
DECEMBER 11, 2023
The increasing greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere are warming the global temperature, shifting precipitation patterns, raising global sea levels, melting glaciers, and more [5]. 2008): Temporal and spatial changes in social vulnerability to natural hazards. As society evolves, extreme weather also changes.
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