Over the last decade sea level has been rising faster and faster. I often hear from property owners in low-lying coastal communities who are very worried about the increasing rate and where it is headed. Most are surprised to learn that from now until 2024, ...
February 26th, 2018 Category: Sea Level Rise
High and low tide is easily observed wherever land meets the ocean. Almost twice a day beaches change size. Boats at dock move up and down. The vertical height change is typically a few feet – almost a meter. Yet strangely in some places the ...
February 18th, 2018 Category: Sea Level Rise
This week Scott Pruitt, head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), again questioned if human induced climate change was really such a bad thing. Yesterday’s headline from The Hill, a leading Washington D.C. news organization, read: “EPA chief’s questions about climate science draw new scrutiny” ...
February 11th, 2018 Category: Sea Level Rise
In an era with rising sea levels, it may be surprising that as a general trend, most lake levels are going lower. By definition lakes are not connected with the oceans so their water level is independent of sea level. Lake levels can be hundreds or ...
February 5th, 2018 Category: Sea Level Rise
Today is my father, Bernard Englander’s 100th birthday. Needless to say, I am truly fortunate to be visiting with him in Escondido California to celebrate with a small group of family and friends. Even at this age, “Bernie” has good periods of lucidity. Talking to ...
January 28th, 2018 Category: Sea Level Rise
Even very good science can become very bad information. Good science journalism starts with good research and writing –– and then requires proper editing to convey a solid message. Headlines are written to attract and entice, but should not create false impressions. Two recent science ...
January 21st, 2018 Category: Sea Level Rise
The Atlantic Magazine ran a feature a few days ago that is causing a buzz. “A Radical New Scheme to Prevent Catastrophic Sea-Level Rise.” It suggests that we might slow rising sea level by slowing the collapse of some gigantic marine glaciers in Antarctica. It is a ...
January 14th, 2018 Category: Sea Level Rise
Greater Jakarta is the second largest city in the world, with a population of 30 million. Currently it is ranked as having the highest rate of sea level rise in the world, on the order of ten feet (3 meters) in the last thirty years. ...
January 7th, 2018 Category: Sea Level Rise
Freezing temperatures have hit the Eastern U.S. big time, with temperatures more than twenty degrees Fahrenheit below normal. (Even President Trump joked that “global warming” might be a good thing — rather interesting since he has labeled it a hoax.) What’s going on? Does the ...
December 30th, 2017 Category: Sea Level Rise