August 09, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – In a new study researchers calculated that from 2011 to 2015, the sea level along the American coastline south of Cape Hatteras rose six times faster than the long-term rate of global increase. Sea level is increasing worldwide, but within that long-term trend, ...
Read More...August 08, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A 1,200 acre wildfire is burning in Greenland- the largest recorded since reliable satellite-based fire detection records began in Greenland in 2000. The European Commission has tasked its Emergency Management Service with a rapid mapping of the region of the fire, in part to help ...
Read More...August 07, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A team of researchers recently returned from an expedition to Antarctica where they deployed an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to study the sea ice from underneath. The expedition was the first ever to deploy an underwater robot into the Antarctic Ocean during winter. ...
Read More...August 05, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The latest research suggests that by 2100, up to 60 percent of oceanfront communities on the East and Gulf Coasts of the U.S. may experience chronic flooding from climate change. Seawalls are not a viable solution to sea level rise in every location ...
Read More...August 04, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Two different studies published this week have come to the conclusion that by the end of the century, the global temperature is likely to rise more than 2 degrees Celsius. The first study showed that the range of global temperature increase is 2.0-4.9 ...
Read More...August 03, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The amount of CO2 and other heat-trapping gases already in the atmosphere from past emissions is so great that decades of temperature rise and centuries of sea level rise are inevitable. We have developed rules and customs around the notion that the location ...
Read More...August 02, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Tropical storm Emily dumped 4 to 7 inches of rain in the Miami area earlier this week causing roads to close and delays at area airports. NOAA is predicting 2017 will be a worse-than-average hurricane season, with between 11 and 17 named ...
Read More...August 01, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Tiny microorganisms found in a lake in Antarctica may have a big impact on a warming world by preventing methane from seeping into the atmosphere when ice sheets melt. Researchers have estimated that over 10^14 cubic meters of methane is stored beneath Antarctic ...
Read More...July 31, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – We have a tendency to ignore events that seem to be in the distant future, but the legacy of our generation should be to leave a better planet for our children- we are failing. By the end of this century, sea levels will rise; ...
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