Cool Green Science

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Scientists are studying the effects of sea-level rise on salt marshes, and two imperiled sparrow species. The post How Sea-level Rise Impacts Marsh Sparrows appeared first on Cool Green Science.

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New Scientist

JULY 25, 2023

Climate researchers thought that current sea levels were the highest in more than 100,000 years, but new models suggest oceans were higher during the Holocene than they are today

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Earth 911

JUNE 15, 2021

As sea-level rise threatens cities throughout the world, some are looking at how humans can. The post Are Floating Neighborhoods a Solution for Rising Sea Levels? appeared first on Earth911.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

But FEMA flood maps, used as a way to identify an area’s flood … Continue reading This Hawaiian county has a radical plan to deal with sea level rise If you want to purchase a home, for example, you might check to see if it’s in a flood zone.

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New Scientist

APRIL 17, 2023

The increasing mass of the Greenland ice sheet caused local sea level to rise more than 3 metres after Vikings colonised Greenland, flooding many settlements and contributing to their abandonment of the place

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Yale E360

MAY 21, 2021

A new study estimates that roughly $8 billion of the $63 billion in damages caused by Hurricane Sandy in 2012 can be attributed to sea level rise of just four inches caused by global warming. Read more on E360 ?.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Low-income residents in the slums of Gambia’s capital city face severe flooding as sea levels rise and infrastructure deteriorates. The Guardian reports that low-income residents in the slums of Gambia’s capital city, Banjul, disproportionately suffer from flooding as sea levels continue to rise and overflow a local canal.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 4, 2021

Lagos, Nigeria , could be uninhabitable by the end of the century as flooding events worsen and sea levels continue to rise. Rising Sea Levels and Erosion Threaten To Drown Lagos. Lagos, Nigeria, may become uninhabitable by the end of the century as sea levels rise due to climate change, CNN reports.

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Inside Climate News

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The global average sea level is rising 2 inches per decade and speeding up, but in some regions, the rate is more than twice that fast.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 20, 2022

In Africa, the continent’s largest city, Lagos in Nigeria, … Continue reading As sea levels rise, coastal megacities will need more than flood barriers. In northeast India, some residents have been forced to rebuild their homes at least eight times in the past decade.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 8, 2022

Although accelerating sea level rise (SLR) poses the long-term threat of inundation to coastal areas, wetlands may be sustained in two ways: by positive net surface-elevation change … Continue reading Resilience of U.S. coastal wetlands to accelerating sea level rise. .; Kulp, Scott; Strauss, Benjamin.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Sea level rise and worsening storms are wreaking havoc. Patrik Andersson/Flickr Today, the combination of accelerating sea level rise and ground subsidence puts the city and its infrastructure increasingly at risk from flooding and water damage. Mark’s Basilica, Venice.

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Environmental Law Reporter

MARCH 1, 2023

Climate Change: Rise in Global Sea Levels Rachel Jean-Baptiste Wed, 03/01/2023 - 06:30 Volume 53 Issue 3

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Legal Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

We have a fairly good, though still incomplete, ability to predict changes in sea levels and other ocean phenomenon. By 2150, global sea level will rise even in a low-emission scenario between a foot beyond today’s level and three feet (but perhaps as much as six feet). What about really long-term sea level rise?

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

NASA’s newly updated online tool, SEA (Sea-level Evaluation and Assessment), provides a snapshot of the ocean’s rise or fall for locations across the planet. Read the full story from NASA. It covers the period between 1993 and 2019. Read more →

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 1, 2022

by Jianjun Yin, University of Arizona Sea levels are rising, and that will bring profound flood risks to large parts of the Gulf and Atlantic coasts over the next three decades. A new report led by scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warns that the U.S.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 29, 2022

percent … Continue reading Greenland ice sheet set to raise sea levels by nearly a foot, study finds. Human-driven climate change has set in motion massive ice losses in Greenland that couldn’t be halted even if the world stopped emitting greenhouse gases today, according to a new study published Monday.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 22, 2022

It isn’t fear of sea-level rise. Its streets are lined with small homes and colorful shops that cater to the neighborhood, a predominantly Afro-Caribbean population with a median household income well below Miami’s. But Little Haiti’s character may be … Continue reading What’s really driving ‘climate gentrification’ in Miami?

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

A new study predicts that extreme sea levels — exceptionally high seas due to the combination of tide, waves and storm surge — along coastlines the world over will become 100 times more frequent by the end of the century in about half of the… Read more →

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

In Tonga, waves about 2 metres high were recorded before the sea level gauge failed, and… Read more →

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 2, 2021

High tides are part of the problem, but there’s another risk that has been slowly creeping up: sea level rise. Since 1880, average global sea levels have risen… Read more → East Coast has been experiencing hurricane-like flooding in recent days, with Georgia and the Carolinas getting the latest round.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 4, 2023

Hundreds of hazardous industrial sites that dot the California coastline – including oil and gas refineries and sewage-treatment plants – are at risk of severe flooding from rising sea level if the climate crisis worsens, new research shows.

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Yale E360

JUNE 26, 2023

But now rising sea levels, severe erosion, and a shifting shoreline are raising questions about its future. Cape Hatteras National Seashore has long been one of the jewels of the U.S. parks system, as managers worked to protect beaches and marshes amid an influx of tourists. Read more on E360 →

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 24, 2023

My research looks at issues of climate justice internationally, particularly as they relate to sea level rise and the Paris Agreement. Sea levels will continue to rise for hundreds of years from just the heat-trapping emissions that are happening today, and once they rise the levels will remain that way for thousands of years.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Coastal regions and small ocean islands face significant risks from rising sea levels due to climate change, because waters can flood and inundate low-lying land surfaces. Read the full story from the Geological Society of America. Read more →

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Environmental Law Reporter

MARCH 1, 2022

Sea-Level Rise and High Tide Flooding, 1920-2020. Rachel Jean-Baptiste. Tue, 03/01/2022 - 05:30.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 10, 2023

This can increase melting, especially in a warming climate, which is … Continue reading New knowledge about ice sheet movement can shed light on when sea levels will rise

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 2, 2022

Summer tourism, sea level rise, and storm surges threaten East Coast wells. Hilton Head is fast becoming a prominent test case of rising sea levels and intense coastal storms heralded by climate change. So if you have enough freshwater on land, then it balances out sea level. Picture credit: Jeeban Panthi.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 21, 2023

The photo went viral and made clear the threat from rising sea levels to low-lying island nations. An archipelago of small islands south of Sri Lanka, Maldives is the flattest country on earth , the average height of land just four feet above sea level.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

Over handfuls of rice that nearly 30% of the country is struggling to afford , talk of flash floods, prolonged drought, sea level rise and extreme weather dominated more than ever before. But sea level rise and pollution are threatening this critical resource and the livelihoods of over one million fishers around the country.

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Yale E360

MARCH 24, 2022

As wildfires worsen and sea levels rise, a small but growing number of Americans are choosing to move to places such as New England or the Appalachian Mountains that are seen as safe havens from climate change. Researchers say this phenomenon will intensify in the coming decades. Read more on E360 ?.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 9, 2021

Half a dozen takeaways from the report from Gavin Sea Level Rise in AR6 from Stefan (coming soon) A Tale of Two Hockey Sticks by Mike #NotAllModels discusses the use (and mis-use) of the CMIP6 ensemble by Gavin We are not reaching 1.5ºC earlier than previously thought from guest authors Malte Meinshausen, Zebedee Nicholls and Piers Forster.

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New Scientist

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

44 of the 48 most populous coastal cities have areas sinking faster than the sea is rising, driven by groundwater pumping and compacted soil from heavy buildings

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Yale E360

JULY 14, 2022

Now, as sea level rises and storms become more frequent and powerful, the famed vacation spot is fighting an increasingly difficult battle to keep from washing away. Despite the risks of building on barrier islands, developers kept constructing homes on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Read more on E360 ?.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

As sea levels rise, ghost forests expand. Sea level rise is causing ghost forests to expand along the east coast, with hotspots in New Jersey, Maryland, and North Carolina. The second is biology: trees grow far slower than marsh plants, and far slower than the pace of sea level rise.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 22, 2022

Despite promising adaptation strategies, sea level rise is projected to drown tens of thousands of acres of farmland within the century. Atlantic sea levels are rising three to four times faster than the global ocean average. Saltwater intrusion on Chalmers’ rice paddies is forcing him to look for land elsewhere.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 9, 2021

Sea level rise is a big deal Use, abuse and misuse of the CMIP6 ensemble The radiative forcing bar chart has gone full circle Droughts and floods are complicated Don’t mention the hiatus. Sea Level Rise: The previous IPCC reports, notably AR4 and AR5 (to a lesser extent) , have had a hard time dealing with SLR.

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