If sea level rises six feet this century (1.8 meters) thirteen million Americans will need to move. That’s the story shown in the map above. It takes a moment to truly absorb the profoundness and implications. The fact that it just appeared in FORBES, the ...
January 27th, 2020 Category: Sea Level Rise
The latest annual poll by Yale and George Mason Universities on public attitude about global warming has taken a dramatic turn upwards. As shown in the bubble graph above, 31% now identify as “Alarmed” compared to just 11% five years ago – that’s essentially TRIPLING. ...
January 20th, 2020 Category: Sea Level Rise
We can now announce the dates for our next Greenland Fact-Finding Trip: August 11-17, 2020. I have been going to the Arctic since 1985. Every time, I am mesmerized by the stillness, the vastness of the ice, and in recent years, by the changes. There ...
January 13th, 2020 Category: Sea Level Rise
As we begin 2020, it’s a good time to look back over the past year. In roughly chronological order, here are my top twelve sea level rise and climate change stories of 2019: #1 – In January Antarctica kicked off the year with a new ...
January 6th, 2020 Category: Sea Level Rise
Winter Solstice, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Chinese New Year – December is a month full of holidays and holy days. For many it’s a time for family gatherings, gift giving, to be with friends, and to reflect as we head towards a new year. During the ...
December 23rd, 2019 Category: Sea Level Rise
Once again Greenland is in the news. This Washington Post headline, December 10 reads: “Greenland’s ice losses have septupled and are now in line with its highest sea-level scenario” In the very good article, Chris Mooney describes the latest analysis just published in the research journal NATURE. ...
December 16th, 2019 Category: Sea Level Rise
The announcements in Key West, Florida last week about rising sea level sent shock waves. At the annual meeting of the four southeast Florida counties, they raised the upper planning scenario for rising sea level, by another five inches over the coming century. As shown ...
December 9th, 2019 Category: Sea Level Rise
The headline in the Washington Post the other day caught my eye: “Charlotte Bulldozes Against Flooding.” It’s 200 miles from the coast and almost 800 feet above sea level but since it’s dealing with flooding it interests me. Charlotte is the capital, the largest city in ...
December 2nd, 2019 Category: Sea Level Rise
The Panama Canal still holds title to one of the greatest engineering marvels in the world, even after a full century of operation. Last week on a trip to Panama I got to see it first hand. I will cite a few of the bullet ...
November 25th, 2019 Category: Sea Level Rise