We just don’t want the sea to rise, permanently changing coastlines, submerging most coastal communities, putting property values underwater. I get it. Of course, we also don’t want grandparents and parents to die. Nor children. Yet we accept those realities as part of the “circle ...
July 31st, 2026 Category: Sea Level Rise
The damage and response to the Texas disaster of deadly cold weather combined with a major electrical failure and burst water pipes will be debated for a long time. Two aspects are front and center in the discussion: First, the need to plan for greater ...
July 31st, 2026 Category: Sea Level Rise
Perhaps the two most important questions about rising sea level are, how bad could it get in coming decades and can it be stopped? A lot of my writing recently has dealt with the range and uncertainty of how high we should plan. It seems ...
July 31st, 2026 Category: Sea Level Rise
A few people have asked if the recent bombshell news from Antarctica means we could have ten feet of global sea level rise this decade. My answer is a categorical “no” for that timeframe. But it’s a good opportunity to explain the latest findings, which ...
July 31st, 2026 Category: Sea Level Rise
The New York Times just published a comprehensive article on climate change in Friday’s online version, in which I am prominently featured. The author of this excellent article on climate change and Greenland’s melting glaciers is the pre-eminent NY Times columnist Bret Stephens. The genesis ...
October 29th, 2022 Category: Sea Level Rise
Twenty five years ago, a legendary explorer, scientist, and communicator passed forever into the great abyss. Just the mention of the first name “Jacques” in a context of scuba diving, coral reefs, oceans, or environmental issues would have led many to assume they were talking ...
June 24th, 2022 Category: Sea Level Rise
Greenland – the largest island on our planet – seems unimportant or irrelevant to most people, but we ignore it at our peril. Most experts agree that the meltdown of the Greenland ice sheet has passed “a tipping point” that cannot be stopped for centuries, ...
May 6th, 2022 Category: Sea Level Rise
Since 1970, Earth Day has become a global event to recognize and reflect on all manner of environmental issues. I believe Earth Day is a good opportunity to assess, recommit, and adjust our awareness and efforts to live in a “symbiotic” relationship with our host ...
April 22nd, 2022 Category: Sea Level Rise
Some 25,000 people worked for the last two weeks in Glasgow Scotland on the annual climate “Conference of the Parties” better known as COP26. Unfortunately, the outcome bring us closer to an irreversible, disastrous tipping point. To be fair, getting the 196 nations to sign ...
November 17th, 2021 Category: Sea Level Rise