After a brief break from blogging, I have breaking news to share. I recently, first hand, became acquainted with William Shatner’s deep interest in sea level rise in a very unusual way… He asked me to be his guest for Episode 1 of his new ...
October 28th, 2021 Category: Sea Level Rise
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The New IPCC Climate Report (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) is making headlines this week. At almost four thousand pages it is clearly intended for scientists. Fortunately, the 42-page Summary for Policy Makers is quite readable and understandable, but also warrants explanation. Think of its ...
August 13th, 2021 Category: Sea Level Rise
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Uggianaqtuq. Pronounced “OOG-e-ah-nak-tuk”, it is the Inuit word meaning weather behaving strangely. I think of the word often in these times of record-setting high temperatures, and think back fondly to when I first met the Inuit some 35 years ago. They are the historically nomadic ...
July 13th, 2021 Category: Sea Level Rise
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It’s good to get back to regular blogging, having taken last month off to do interviews and promote my new book, MOVING TO HIGHER GROUND. I have received hundreds of comments about the social media ads placed by my publishing team. I read each comment, ...
June 22nd, 2021 Category: Sea Level Rise
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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