In some locations you do not “buy” land to own it, but rather lease it. Just as one example, a lot of property owned by the British Government or “Crown” is offered for lease, typically 99 years. In most countries in the world today land ...
April 20th, 2013 Category: Sea Level Rise
The U.S. Geological Survey announced a study today that compared two kinds of models to look at projected sea level rise. The new model looked at the impacts of storms and waves combined with sea level rise to assess damage. It ran a comparison with ...
April 12th, 2013 Category: Sea Level Rise
In the last few months since my book was published I have done one television interview for London, and about thirty radio interviews in the US. Today was my first interview for an NPR station, on KPBS in San Diego. The host, Maureen Cavanaugh had ...
April 4th, 2013 Category: Sea Level Rise
Dr. James E. Hansen announced his retirement today from NASA. Justin Gillis wrote a superb article in today’s New York Times. Worth a read. Hansen may truly be the most incredible scientist of our era. He saw patterns others did not. He had the intellect ...
April 2nd, 2013 Category: Sea Level Rise
The head of the US Navy’s Pacific fleet called climate change the most significant threat to long-term security in that region. Navy Admiral Sean J. Locklear III made the comments Friday in an interview with The Boston Globe. He said that turmoil from climate change ...
March 12th, 2013 Category: Sea Level Rise
Carbon Dioxide levels took a record jump, now at 395 ppm — noted in an article in the Huffington Post. This is not good news. As NOAA expert Peter Tans explains, this makes it very unlikely that we can hold the temperature increase to 2 ...
March 7th, 2013 Category: Sea Level Rise
February 14 the GAO (US Government Accounting Office) delivered their Report to Congress about High Risk exposures. This year they deleted a few previous concerns and added several new high risks. US financial exposure to climate change was at the top of the list of ...
February 19th, 2013 Category: Sea Level Rise
The Dutch are widely acknowledged to have the greatest expertise with holding back the sea. Generally that is perceived to take the form of levees, huge movable gates, and windmills to pump the water from low lying land. The realities are far more complex, involving ...
February 14th, 2013 Category: Sea Level Rise
“Like it or not, Jersey Shore residents are awakening to the reality that the beloved summer destination is undergoing a transformation never before seen.” is the lead paragraph in today’s Wall Street Journal article by Heather Haddon. It describes well the sweeping changes proposed for ...
February 13th, 2013 Category: Sea Level Rise