PEI – Prince Edward Island — is perhaps best known worldwide for mussels. Lesser known is potato farming with dozens of varieties, including the version they supply to McDonalds. In Canadian history it is noted as the “Birthplace of Confederation” the founding of their nation. ...
August 2nd, 2015 Category: Sea Level Rise
Yesterday was my first invitation to testify to Congress. More specifically it was the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, part of the Natural Resources Committee. They were looking at a law that goes back to 1972, the Coastal Zone Management Act, better known ...
July 30th, 2015 Category: Sea Level Rise
In case you are not connected to me on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter, yesterday I posted a short piece on LinkedIn that has received some good attention and sharing. For those interested, "A Pope's Purpose v Politics" Twitter: @johnenglander
June 29th, 2015 Category: Sea Level Rise
“Rising Sea Level and the Coming Coastal Crisis,” my new digital textbook was just published. It is a complete reformat of my best selling book, “High Tide On Main Street” that has been specially designed as a collegiate edition. This digital version has extensive graphics, ...
June 23rd, 2015 Category: Sea Level Rise
The most common question about sea level rise is 'how high will it rise by when?' It surprises many to learn that there is no way to predict that answer with any certainty. Also many mistakenly believe that projections for three or six feet are ...
May 13th, 2015 Category: Sea Level Rise
Sea-Rise by John Englander In Greenland, Antarctica, and beyond the ice is melting into rivers giant glaciers gradually soften gravity guides them surely to sea Inexorable, unstoppable we are impotent to halt the rivers of ice two hundred thousand in number mostly beyond our sight ...
May 1st, 2015 Category: Sea Level Rise
This week’s Scientific American has a significant article “Antarctica’s Ice Shelves Thin; Threaten Significant Sea Level Rise” by Andrea Thompson and Climate Central. It continues the recent litany of news from the mysterious continent — the one that will determine when all coastal cities will ...
March 28th, 2015 Category: Sea Level Rise
Today there is an OpEd in the Miami Herald “Climate Change a Threat to National Security” by two distinguished retired military officers, Lt. Gen. Ken Eickmann, USAF (Ret.), and Rear Adm. Neil Morisetti, British Royal Navy (Ret.). It makes two different and very good points, ...
March 4th, 2015 Category: Sea Level Rise
Today there was a flood of twitter chatter about the meaning of “sea level”, though a good explanation will not fit in 140 characters. (Such questions often get directed to me due to the title of my book, “High Tide On Main Street: Rising Sea ...
February 7th, 2015 Category: Sea Level Rise