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Antarctic extreme events: ‘All-time records are being shattered not from decades ago, but from the last few years and months’

Frontiers

A new study published in Frontiers in Environmental Science has revealed that, in addition to the influence of gradual global heating, Antarctica is increasingly affected by extreme environmental events; a recognized and predicted outcome of our heating world. Prof Martin Siegert in Antarctica.

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Building a More Resilient, Just City

Academy of Natural Sciences

As extreme storms become more ubiquitous, Philadelphia is among numerous cities grappling with flooding issues against the backdrop of aging infrastructure, rising sea levels and more extreme precipitation events. chance of happening in any given year, respectively. Flooding on the Schuylkill River from Hurricane Irene, 2011.

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Another Historic Climate Court Ruling in the Netherlands

Legal Planet

Massachusetts pointed to the loss of coastal land from sea-level rise, while the Urgenda judgments ultimately concluded that there is a serious risk that climate change will cause the human rights of people in the Netherlands to not be met. To determine what this requires, the court turns to the 2018 Special Report on 1.5°C

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Gideon Mendel: Drowning World Opens May 1

Academy of Natural Sciences

and India (2014), Brazil and Bangladesh (2015) and France (2016 and 2018). It was curated by Caitlín Doherty for the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, a cultural institute of the University of North Florida, in 2018. He photographed flooding in the U.S. Gideon Mendel: Drowning World is on view through Sunday, Oct.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Useful Environmental Law Terms. We are already seeing the depletion of the ice caps and rising sea levels. It became effective in 1975 and in 2018 has over 180 signatories. Sponsored Content. Dilution of salts in our oceans can affect the ecological balance of that ocean.