August 30, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – As many as 20 North Carolina communities could be submerged by sea water in the next 15 years, according to a new report on sea level rise. The report, created by the Union of Concerned Scientists, looked at three sea level rise scenarios: low, intermediate ...
Read More...August 29, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – When a hurricane hits, the compounding effects of terrestrial flooding, caused by rain and river overflow, and ocean flooding, or storm surge, can combine to produce catastrophic coastal flooding. Typically, scientists tend to focus on one flood driver or another when conducting flood ...
Read More...August 28, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Scientists have discovered “massive impacts” on marine life in the Antarctic Ocean when waters are warmed by 1 degree Celsius, including a doubling in growth of some species and a drop in overall biodiversity, according to a new study. Researchers spent six years creating a technology ...
Read More...August 26, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Hurricane Harvey bombarded a stretch of the Gulf Coast in Texas on Saturday as a category 4 storm with home-ripping winds and epic rains. So far there have been two fatalities and hundreds of thousands of people are without power. Harvey was the first ...
Read More...August 25, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – According to new research, the fossil fuel industry is a larger contributor to atmospheric methane levels than previously thought. An international team of researchers studied Antarctic ice and found that natural seepage of methane from oil and gas fields is much lower ...
Read More...August 24, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The relationship between hurricanes and climate change is not simple and the science is still emerging. While hurricanes are not necessarily caused by climate change, they are being affected by it. Tropical storms and hurricanes gain energy from warm water, so they can be ...
Read More...August 23, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Sea level rise poses a huge risk to New York City’s infrastructure, economy, and the livelihoods of New Yorkers. In the New York metropolitan area alone, there are 48 major transit facilities at 10 feet or less above sea level. All of the city’s four ...
Read More...August 22, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The Dutch, with twenty-six percent of their country below sea level, have been outsmarting the water that’s everywhere around them for a thousand years. Learning to accommodate water has led to innovation. For instance, a massive storm surge barrier called the Maeslantkering was ...
Read More...August 21, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – NASA’s Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) project is using Narwhals (whales with large, nine-foot long tusks protruding from their heads) to help measure glaciers around Greenland. The whales feed on plankton and krill, which get churned up as the ice melts. Narwhals can ...
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