President Trump phoned Tangier Island Mayor Eskridge last Monday. According to the Mayor, Trump told him: “…not to worry about sea-level rise. Your island has been there for hundreds of years, and I believe your island will be there for hundreds more.” Trump had happened to ...
June 16th, 2017 Category: Sea Level Rise
With Father’s Day approaching Sunday, June 18 I have a message for Dad’s (and Grand-dads) who might have various doubts about climate change. As a point of reference, recent surveys show that about 70% of Americans accept that climate change or global warming is a serious ...
June 11th, 2017 Category: Sea Level Rise
With some hesitation, I will add my voice to the chorus about President Trump’s decision last Thursday to withdraw from the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. My readers know I keep clear of politics. In my book High Tide on Main Street and all my work ...
June 4th, 2017 Category: Sea Level Rise
Monday is Memorial Day in the United States, a sacred day to remember the ultimate sacrifice of more than one million men and women who died serving in the armed forces. (Not to be confused with Veterans Day, honoring all those who served.) As I ...
May 28th, 2017 Category: Sea Level Rise
Rising sea level is in the news more and more as coastal communities experience frequent flooding and the perils from the accelerated melting in Antarctica and Greenland becomes more ominous. Surprisingly there are some areas across Alaska, Canada and Scandinavia that currently have sea levels ...
May 21st, 2017 Category: Sea Level Rise
There is a widely held belief that we can solve the problem of rising sea level by cutting carbon emissions. It is very wrong and very dangerous. The mistaken concept was featured at a recent Miami conference on resiliency for city and county officials, developers, ...
May 14th, 2017 Category: Sea Level Rise
Most assume that properties right on the coast are most vulnerable to rising sea level, but in many places, those much further inland will flood first. Properties right on the shore are often more than ten feet (3 meters) above sea level and might be ...
May 7th, 2017 Category: Sea Level Rise
How long before a particular coastal area goes ‘underwater’ is a question I get asked all the time. I like to explain that there are essentially three ways that property will go underwater: temporarily, permanently, or figuratively in anticipation of actual flooding. The temporary flooding is most dramatic, ...
April 30th, 2017 Category: Sea Level Rise
Today is the 47th Earth Day. Since its inception in 1970, this annual day highlights concern for “the environment” with all its myriad aspects from clean air and water, to other species, to limiting plastic pollution, reducing waste and using recycled materials. All those efforts ...
April 22nd, 2017 Category: Sea Level Rise