Just this week a good article of scientific research was published, that intended to clarify rates of sea level rise. Unfortunately, for the public, it added to the confusion. In fact a quick read of the story in the New York Times, would lead someone ...
January 17th, 2015 Category: Sea Level Rise
It defies our imagination that sea level will change dramatically. Actually it is more than our imagination, it is our entire way of designing our amazing coastal-based society. For centuries we have been constructing larger, more expensive, and more permanent buildings and infrastructure right on ...
November 27th, 2014 Category: Sea Level Rise
October 29 — Exactly two years ago Superstorm Sandy pounded the shoreline from South New Jersey to Long Island and beyond. The unusual cyclone, a thousand miles in diameter, drove a wall of water as much as fourteen feet above normal at New York City, ...
October 29th, 2014 Category: Sea Level Rise
The sensationalist British paper, The Daily Mail ran this bold piece over the weekend, poking fun at Al Gore and making the case the disappearing polar ice cap had now reversed the trend and was growing in size. Conveniently it fit their contrarian climate change ...
September 3rd, 2014 Category: Sea Level Rise
“Climate Change Will Ruin Hawaii” is a headline story getting a lot of attention currently because of a new study done for the state’s department of tourism. Though well done in most respects, it could be very misleading as it looks at the impact of ...
August 30th, 2014 Category: Sea Level Rise
We must end the pervasive misconception that ADAPTING to rising sea level can be addressed by MITIGATION — the reduction of greenhouse gases. It is false and is only causing further delay in dealing with the inevitable adaptation that we need to be planning now. ...
July 30th, 2014 Category: Sea Level Rise
For almost two decades SEAWEB has been a nonprofit organization communicating and advancing ocean issues to the media, professionals, other nonprofits, governments, and the public. They do a great job. I am very pleased that this month they are featuring my book, “High Tide On ...
July 17th, 2014 Category: Sea Level Rise
SEAPORTS Magazine has a feature article by Dr. Austin Becker and me, “Superstorms and Rising Sea Level Present a New Challenge for Ports” in the Summer 2014 issue. Austin Becker teaches as the University of Rhode Island. His PhD thesis from Stanford was about Ports ...
July 12th, 2014 Category: Sea Level Rise
Some of you may have seen a scan of this on my Facebook page. I just found the original by Drew Sheneman and love it. As I noted on FB, it reminds me of the great Oscar Wilde quote: “If you want to tell people ...
June 20th, 2014 Category: Sea Level Rise