On this 51st Earth Day observance, there will be lots of attention to a multitude of issues, including the forty world leaders joining President Biden in a virtual summit. Earth Day is a good moment for perspective with this view of our “spaceship” full ...
April 22nd, 2021 Category: Sea Level Rise
April 6, 2021 Today is publication day for my newest book “Moving to Higher Ground: Rising Sea Level and the Path Forward.” Why did I write it? My first inspiration to write about climate and sea level came during a night in Greenland in August ...
April 6th, 2021 Category: Sea Level Rise
For decades, the ongoing debate in climate circles has been whether to reduce (the fancy word is mitigate) or adapt to climate change. As warming increases we see our world changing in front of our eyes (storms, hurricanes, forest fires, floods), and the debate, just ...
March 30th, 2021 Category: Sea Level Rise
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer got headlines last week for stalling FEMA’s new overhaul of the flood insurance system. Did it have anything to do with the actual risk of flooding? No. The New York Times article makes it plain: Schumer objects to the new ...
March 25th, 2021 Category: Sea Level Rise
Yesterday’s feature in the Insurance Journal headlined that Florida flood insurance rates need to increase by 379% due to rising sea level (source: First Street Foundation) Of course, a four fold increase in insurance costs would be catastrophic in the short term. What will you ...
March 17th, 2021 Category: Sea Level Rise
A gigantic piece of ice broke off of Antarctica in late February, making international news. The new iceberg, designated “A-74” and larger than the city of Los Angeles, is now adrift and will melt as it encounters warmer water. There’s considerable confusion about whether events ...
March 9th, 2021 Category: Sea Level Rise
Comments on my blog posts and social media bring up some very good questions, but also expose many “theories” and misinformation that defy basic scientific fact. On LinkedIN there were a lot of positive comments to my last blog post, but also a few that ...
February 24th, 2021 Category: Sea Level Rise
Texas is in the midst of a true and devastating weather disaster. There are daily reports of massive power outages, deadly cold temperatures, statewide snowfall, and residents being forced to boil water. What is obvious is that the immediate trigger was record-breaking cold temperatures. Residents ...
February 18th, 2021 Category: Sea Level Rise
Why does Greenland command the world’s attention? Because it’s the key to gauging future global sea level rise. It’s where the fastest melting ice is… Like Willie Sutton supposedly said when asked why he robbed banks: “That’s where the money is.” Even with the minor ...
February 9th, 2021 Category: Sea Level Rise