September 27, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Between 2008 and 2012, warmer than usual waters caused four glaciers in Western Antarctica to flow toward the sea faster than any other glacier on the continent, and lose three times more ice than usual. NASA researchers found that 1 to 2 degrees ...
Read More...September 26, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Researchers studying fossils of ancient coral reefs off the coast of Hawaii have discovered that past episodes of rapid sea level rise caused the ‘drowning’ or death of coral reefs. This period of fast sea level rise, called a meltwater pulse (referred ...
Read More...September 25, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – After being hit by Hurricane Maria, one of the strongest and most powerful storms ever recorded in the Caribbean, Puerto Rico is still in a state of acute emergency. The utilities are out and a majority of the infrastructure has been lost; residents ...
Read More...September 23, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Using a satellite-based technology, scientists are ‘fingerprinting’ sea level rise around the world in an effort to identify coastal areas most at risk from devastating storm surge, as hurricanes grow increasingly destructive. The bulk of the data used for the project was collected by a ...
Read More...September 22, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Arctic sea ice has been in steep decline for decades – falling 13 percent per decade since the 1970s when satellites were first used to record sea ice. The 10 lowest ice minimums — measured each September, after the summer thaw — have ...
Read More...September 21, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – An expedition has discovered sizeable chunks of plastic (polystyrene) lying on remote frozen ice floes in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. The discovery confirmed just how far plastic pollution has spread. It has prompted fears that plastic waste is flowing into the Arctic as ...
Read More...September 20, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Sea levels in the Indian Ocean are rising almost twice the global average mainly due to wind patterns and thermal expansion. Wind flows over the Indian Ocean create a surge in warm water on the surface, which adds to sea level rise. The main driver ...
Read More...September 19, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A recently released city tool allows users to see areas of climate concern in Boston with an interactive map. The tool allows users to layer various data sets onto the map, including sea level rise and flood risk, as well as vulnerable populations ...
Read More...September 18, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Science journalists answer seventeen of the most frequently asked questions about climate change with simple, straightforward explantations. The questions are broken up into three parts. The first part is ‘What is happening?’ which covers topics like the greenhouse effect and climate change ...
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