Legal Planet
OCTOBER 10, 2022
To meet these goals, the state is facilitating burgeoning carbon capture and sequestration (or storage) (CCS) technologies that capture carbon from point sources to store, as well as carbon dioxide removal (CDR), which removes carbon from the atmosphere. Ecological Conservation. A Few Notable Vetoes. Conclusion.
A Greener Life
MAY 23, 2022
Their annual ‘State of the Global Climate’ report indicated that the accelerating pace of climate change was to blame for acidification and that the melting of ice sheets contributed to pushing sea level rises to new heights in 2021. And in just the past decade global sea levels have risen 4.5
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Law Columbia
MAY 22, 2024
On one hand, numerous adverse effects of climate change manifest in the ocean, such as ocean acidification, temperature changes, and rising sea levels. As noted in the ITLOS opinion, the ocean is a major carbon sink, and has taken up over 90% of the excess heat in the climate system.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 4, 2024
The data These data represent the cumulative carbon dioxide and methane emissions from the largest industrial carbon producers. Multnomah County vs Big Oil where the largest county in Oregon, home to Portland, sued ExxonMobil and others for damages and adaptation costs following 2021’s unprecedented and deadly heatwave.
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. Low-lying areas of tropical Pacific islands’ accessed 28 February 2021, [link]. [2] Photo credit.
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.
Real Climate
AUGUST 25, 2023
There are some other indicators, either using measured ocean salinities or using various types of proxy data from sediment cores, e.g. sediment grain sizes at the ocean bottom as indicators of flow speed of the deep southward AMOC branch.
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