Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Think about what is involved – biological proxies from extinct species, plate tectonic movement, disappearance in subduction zones of vast amounts of ocean sediment, interpolating sparse data in space and time, degradation of samples over such vast amounts of time. All of which adds to the uncertainty. van der Meer, C.R. Scotese, B.J.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The 2020 Maine Fishermen’s Forum was the last conference I and many others attended before the pandemic shutdown. A simple statement that masks just how complicated the issues are: mixing politics, economics, livelihoods, fisheries and endangered species in the ocean body that is the Gulf of Maine. Sea levels are rising.

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Real Climate

DECEMBER 17, 2023

The number of North Atlantic/Caribbean named tropical cyclones in and the estimates based on the area with sea surface temperature above 25.6°C The curve presented above is an update of the analysis presented in 2020 and posted here on RealClimate. C (Benestad, 2009). IPCC assessment report 6 – technical summary TS.2.3

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Inside Climate News

JUNE 6, 2025

That rose to an average of 37 days a year by 2020 , according to tide gauge monitors by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. By Nicole Williams NANTUCKET—It’s no longer unusual to see a kayaker paddling along downtown Easy Street. The cobblestones along the town’s waterfront once were flooded a handful of times a year.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 17, 2023

Cyclone Mocha, which made landfall in Myanmar earlier this week, is tied for the strongest storm ever recorded in the North Indian Ocean. In 2020, the country announced a 30-year National Water Plan to address its ongoing crisis. Mocha is tied for the strongest storm ever recorded in the North Indian Ocean.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 21, 2023

Nasheed followed up with a pledge that the Maldives would be the first carbon neutral country by 2020. The photo went viral and made clear the threat from rising sea levels to low-lying island nations. IPCC models indicate 80% of the islands will be uninhabitable by 2050 and the country submerged by 2100.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This blog was written by Michele Conrad, advisor to Ocean Conservancy on achieving priority fish conservation and ecosystem goals on the West Coast. As a former state ocean policy manager, Michele represented the State of Washington on the Pacific Fishery Management Council for 15 years before starting her own consultancy.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 1, 2022

Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. This level of warming would lead to devastating losses in habitats, increased risk of sea level rise in extreme heat and other weather impacts that would put many communities at risk. What does this mean for the ocean? Never miss an update. degrees by 2100.

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 10, 2021

As ocean lovers, we’re always searching for effective ways to conserve and protect all the ocean holds and provides. No matter our skillset or where we live, we are all connected to the ocean and we each have the potential to contribute. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. Never miss an update.

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Physics World

APRIL 27, 2021

Part of this movement is an oscillation on a timescale of about a year – caused by short-term fluctuations such as changes in ocean currents and atmospheric pressure. This allowed GRACE to determine the shape of the Earth and monitor changes in sea level, glaciers and groundwater.

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Frontiers

AUGUST 7, 2023

In addition, it stores vast quantities of freshwater that if released to the ocean would rise sea level by tens of meters and interfere with saline-driven ocean currents that transfer heat around the planet. The greatest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica occurred in February 2020, when the mercury hit 18.3C.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JANUARY 17, 2024

Sea level rise is also important in the region, causing saltwater intrusion and salinization. from Chapter 21 of NCA5 Changes like sea level rise are resulting in the loss of culturally significant locations for subsistence harvesting. Other risks include increasing tropical cyclones and sea level rise.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Wild-caught seafood from our ocean is no exception. Climate change is making the ocean warmer, more acidic and lower in oxygen. It’s also causing marine heatwaves, storms, sea ice loss and sea level rise. Cod live in colder ocean waters, which can make them vulnerable as waters warm.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

SIDS make up about 1% of the world’s population and face similar economic, social and environmental challenges due to factors including their geographical location, reliance on natural resources and limited industrial activities (Thomas, 2020). Figure 1: Map showing small island developing states (SIDS), with the Caribbean highlighted.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 16, 2022

In addition to extreme weather, electric utilities and system operators must also prepare for shifts in baseline weather and environmental conditions, such as higher average temperatures and sea levels, when planning and operating the electric grid. storms) and ignored more gradual changes (e.g., You can access the toolkit here.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 5, 2022

On longer timescales, the ocean connects global patterns through ocean circulation and sea level pressure. Certain atmospheric and oceanic conditions can lead to more predictable states of the climate system resulting in more accurate forecasts, known as forecasts of opportunity. Kirtman, and Leo SP Siqueira.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Rising sea temperatures are impairing the health of marine environments around the islands, by coral bleaching and ocean acidification. Sea level rise has caused saltwater to intrude into the islands’ soil, such that areas previously used for traditional gardening can no longer be cultivated.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 19, 2022

For 2022, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicted a season with above normal activity on its August 4 updated forecast , calling for 14-20 named storms. .” After all, we hardly had storms or hurricanes in the news for the past 3 months.

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Washington Nature

MARCH 30, 2023

Moore, we acknowledge the need for scientific research led by Black scientists who have vested interest in climate issues that directly impact Black communities, including sea level rise & nutrient pollution in our oceans. For Dr. Tiara Moore the ocean offers an indescribable clarity. Please take care while reading.

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Acoel

AUGUST 22, 2022

Of special note was the enactment in 2020 of legislation to address environmental justice through the permitting process for potentially polluting facilities that are to be located in “overburdened communities.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 16, 2023

found that the companies—down to 88 due to mergers—were responsible for about 55 percent of ocean acidification between 1880 and 2015. Phillips, who has a doctorate degree in ecology from the University of Georgia, was a Kendall fellow at UCS from 2018 to 2020 and then a researcher at the University of Victoria in British Columbia.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 14, 2024

Downsize the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research…’ And then it goes on to spread disinformation: ‘OAR is, however, the source of much of NOAA’s climate alarmism. The 2020 actions to gut NEPA, including by removing mention of cumulative impact analysis, were far from being historic and might more accurately be called infamous.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

Mississippi: Lynn Fitch The sea level off the coast of Mississippi—the fifth hottest state—is rising more rapidly than in most other coastal areas, largely because the land is sinking. Hurricanes or no hurricanes, Mississippi AG Lynn Fitch, who took office in January 2020, takes a dim view of federal action on climate change.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

It has been a busy year for climate litigation and 2020 promises even more fireworks. Plaintiffs aim to hold the federal government accountable for worsening the dangers of climate change through increased reliance on fossil fuels and for breach of its fiduciary obligation to protect the atmosphere and oceans under the public trust doctrine.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 5, 2023

In 2015, then again in 2020, the number of burned acres from wildfires crossed the 10 million-acre mark. The view of Yosemite Valley has repeatedly been obscured by wildfire smoke, including in 2018 , 2020 , and last year, when fires forced park closures and evacuations. Photo is the author’s own.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 1, 2025

and the Danish territory have the opportunity to capture and monetize the torrent of clean fresh water pouring off Greenland and into the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans. Its report , published in 2020, noted that the Government of Greenland actively supports the prospect of drinking water export from this immense resource.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Those five years were up on 31 December 2020, but the pandemic prevented many countries coming forward. Poor countries were promised at the Copenhagen Cop in 2009 that they would receive $100bn a year by 2020. All countries are now being urged to revise their NDCs before Cop26 in line with a 1.5C An increase of 1.5C

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

May 1, 2020). 3, 2020; request for publication granted May 4, 2020). The dissenting judge would have found that the 2018 rule was an interpretive rule because it “did no more than articulate the EPA’s view of what was required by Mexichem in the ‘near term’ and pending further rulemaking.” Natural Resources Defense Council v.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

ExxonMobil spent at least $39 million on some 70 of these organizations from 1998 through 2020, more than any funder besides Charles Koch and his brother David, co-owner of Koch Industries until his death in 2019. To date, Koch Industries has been named in only one, filed by the state of Minnesota in June 2020.

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ESA

MAY 17, 2021

Senate Commerce Committee: The Committee voted to advance the Bolstering Long-term Understanding and Exploration of the Great Lakes, Oceans, Bays and Estuaries (BLUE GLOBE) Act ( S. 140 ), which is sponsored by Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI). These indicators inform the National Climate Assessment.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

On June 16, 2021, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a joint motion to dismiss appeals of a November 2020 order vacating U.S. The Court of Appeal noted that the Commission staff used more recent sea level rise data and recommendations, which the homeowners’ consultant acknowledged provided current sea level rise estimates.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

ocean acidification, sea-level rise, or storm events). 2020), appeal dismissed, No. 20-35410, 2020 WL 4673856 (9th Cir. June 25, 2020) (same), with WildEarth Guardians v. Other federal and state and local agencies with NEPA-like statutes have been grappling with this question of significance. Bernhard t, No.

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

On April 15, 2021, federal defendants, defendant-intervenors, and environmental groups filed a stipulation for dismissal of appeals of a district court’s November 2020 decision finding that the U.S. The federal defendants, the States of Wyoming and Utah, and several trade groups appealed the district court’s November 2020 decision.

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ESA

JUNE 28, 2021

Senators confirmed Richard Spinrad to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by a voice vote. He served as NOAA’s chief scientist from 2014 and 2016 and has also led both NOAA’s Office of Atmospheric Research and the National Ocean Service. Spinrad is a professor of oceanography at Oregon State University.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

How much will global temperatures and sea levels rise, when will that occur, and exactly what effects they will have all are uncertain. N:For more information, see , e.g. , Shenkman, et al., " CEQ Finalizes Comprehensive Changes to NEPA Regulations , Arnold & Porter" (July 30, 2020).]].

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