September 14, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A chunk of ice almost twice the size of Manhattan has broken off N79, the Arctic’s largest remaining ice shelf. Last year (2019) was a record-breaking year, with the ice sheet “shedding some 530 billion tonnes. That’s enough meltwater running off the ...
Read More...September 14, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – New research shows that the Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers in Antarctica are cracking and weakening at the shear margins, which will accelerate sea level rise. Glaciers normally encounter friction at the shear margins, which slow the glaciers down. As the margins ...
Read More...September 10, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – In order to adapt to rising sea levels, the Maldives has been engineering an artificial island, named Hulhumalé, to relocate its residents to once its islands are no longer habitable. So far more than 50,000 people have moved onto Hulhumalé, which was ...
Read More...September 10, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Delaware has announced a lawsuit against 31 fossil fuel companies for intentionally deceiving the public about the dangers of climate change. This continues the “trend of city, county, and state governments trying to make polluters pay for their significant contributions to the ...
Read More...September 09, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – “Charleston, S.C., has become the first southern city to file a climate liability lawsuit to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for climate change deception, impacts and costs.” “As this lawsuit shows, these companies have known for more than 50 years that their ...
Read More...September 08, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Gas from decaying organic matter is exploding out of thawing permafrost, causing craters across the Yamal Peninsula in northern Siberia. Scientists are still unsure if the explosions are caused by gas that “built up to its current pressure tens or hundreds of ...
Read More...September 04, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A new docuseries, “Rising Risk”, looks at the impacts from Superstorm Sandy, and explores how rising sea levels will impact lower Manhattan in the coming decades. Some of these “impacts include Sandy-like flooding during smaller storms and possible daily tidal flooding in ...
Read More...September 03, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A Louisiana neighborhood outside of Baton Rouge is being relocated to higher ground after “flooding 17 times over the last 30 years”. “The old neighborhood will become a restored wetland.” These programs are becoming more and more common as sea levels continue ...
Read More...September 03, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – With much of Belgium at or below sea level, the flooding risk from sea level rise could reach as far inland as Ghent in the next decade. “By the end of the century, the water could reach Antwerp and the nuclear power ...
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