July 07, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A new study suggests that extreme sea level events currently expected to happen on average once every 100 years could occur every decade or even every year by 2050. Researchers used an extensive new global tide gauge database (gesla.org) and state-of-the-art statistical models to ...
Read More...July 07, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – According to a new report using U.S. Census data, nearly 10 million people living in 5.4 million homes have a high risk from rising sea levels. The top five U.S. states at risk are Florida, California, Washington, New York, and Maryland. The ...
Read More...July 06, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Herald-Tribune real estate editor Harold Bubil has won a Gold Award from the National Association of Real Estate Editors for a story he did on sea level rise. The story, “Sea-level rise: Threat and opportunity“, also won the Best Residential Real Estate Story award. The ...
Read More...July 05, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – New research shows that temperature rises measured over recent decades do not fully reflect the global warming already in the pipeline and that the ultimate heating of the planet could be even worse than feared. Climate sensitivity- the degree of warming corresponding ...
Read More...July 04, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A report released in April by the Ocean Protection Council, the California state agency that coordinates the government’s coastal programs, predicted the Pacific could rise as much as 10 feet in the next 80 years. Preparing for this eventuality has been declared a ...
Read More...July 03, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – According to a poll from Yale University, 39 percent of Americans think there is a greater than 50 percent chance that climate change will lead to the extinction of the human race. The poll also found that 58 percent of Americans believe climate ...
Read More...July 01, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article synopsis – Climate change will wreak havoc on the U.S. economy if left unaddressed — and losses will be far higher in some of the country’s poorest areas, according to a new study. The researchers looked at several factors including increased energy costs, coastal damage, ...
Read More...June 30, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – International trade in food relies on a small number of key ports, straits and roads, which face increasing risks of disruption due to climate change. Almost 25 percent of all food eaten around the world is traded on international markets. Infrastructure at these junctures ...
Read More...June 29, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A new study has found that the majority of Greenland’s surface melt in the past two decades has been driven by decreasing cloud cover, not just warmer air temperatures. During this same time frame, the Greenland ice sheet has become the biggest single ...
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