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

Real Climate

My top 3 impressions up-front: The sea level projections for the year 2100 have been adjusted upwards again. The IPCC gives more consideration to the large long-term sea-level rise beyond the year 2100. And here is the key sea-level graphic from the Summary for Policy Makers: Source: IPCC AR6, Figure SPM.8.

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Rising Seas: Challenges and Solutions for Coastal Communities

HumanNature

Student in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University The Challenge of Sea Level Rise Imagine your favorite beach town slowly disappearing beneath encroaching waves. Rising sea levels, a consequence of climate change, pose a significant threat to coastal communities worldwide.

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A distraction due to errors, misunderstanding and misguided Norwegian statistics

Real Climate

We have examined the effect of the geographical distribution of measurements in a study that was cited by New Scientist in 2019 , and we found that the uneven distribution of thermometer measurements can give a misleading impression that the perceived warming rate has been slower than the actual global warming.

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Analysis: Why TV and film scripts need to stop ignoring the climate crisis?

A Greener Life

According to a 2019 report by the Motion Picture Association, there were 1.4 C above pre-industrial levels and is likely to reach 1.5°C of the scripts included any climate-related terms, such as “global warming,” “sea level rise,” “solar panels,” etc. They can influence our emotions, opinions, values, and actions.

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Deciphering the ‘SPM AR6 WG1’ code

Real Climate

The global mean sea level has increased by 20 cm from 1901 to 2018, and the rate of increase has accelerated and is now about 3.7 A thermal expansion explained 50% of sea level rise during 1971–2018, while ice loss from glaciers contributed 22%, ice sheets 20% and changes in land water storage 8%. mm increase every year.

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Amid Dire Colorado River Outlook, States Plan to Tap Their Lake Mead Savings Accounts

Circle of Blue

trillion in economic activity, according to one 2014 study. The first of these shortage tiers — at 1,075 feet above sea level — is expected to be breached next year. Mead is currently at 1,073 feet, but for shortage determinations, it is the projected level in the following January that matters.

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New Report Shows Fishery Management Floundering

Ocean Conservancy

One of those stocks, gag grouper in the Gulf of Mexico, is overfished once again after being rebuilt in 2014. The total number of rebuilt stocks—47—hasn’t changed since 2019. It’s changing more than ever with rising sea levels, warming temperatures, ocean acidification, deoxygenation and more. What does this mean?

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