February 02, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Recent scientific advances have demonstrated that coastal wetlands – mangrove forests, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows – are incredible long-term carbon sinks, storing carbon in the plants themselves but more importantly in the soils below for hundreds to thousands of years. They also provide ...
Read More...February 01, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – NOAA has released a report that says by the year 2100, the oceans could rise by as much as 2.5 meters — with Nova Scotia being particularly hard hit by the repercussions. Nova Scotia would experience more than the average sea level ...
Read More...January 31, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – In 2015, Charleston experienced 38 days of tidal floods, up from an average of four days in the 1960s. Scientists have predicted tidal floods will affect Charleston for up to 180 days in 30 years, because of a 2.5-foot rise in sea level ...
Read More...January 30, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Experts warn that the flooding exacerbated by climate change will disproportionately impact low-lying, low-income communities. That’s because, historically, communities of color were often relegated to low-lying, flood-prone lands, whose lower value also made them more affordable to lower-income groups. A study by the Union of Concerned ...
Read More...January 28, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Miami Beach is set to embark on a $100 million project to raise roads, install pumps and water mains and redo sewer connections during the next two years in an effort to keep streets dry in the face of sea level rise. The ...
Read More...January 27, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Along coastlines across the country, builders are embracing the accumulating evidence of climate change and fortifying buildings and infrastructure against rising sea levels and ever more intense storms. Resilient design has entered the vocabulary of architects and engineers in parts of the country ...
Read More...January 25, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Climate change is causing more frequent and severe flooding, droughts, storms and heatwaves throughout Europe as global temperature rise hits new records, sea levels rise and sea ice melts in the Arctic. From 1980 to 2013, climate-related extreme events accounted for nearly 400 ...
Read More...January 24, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Offering a new perspective on global warming, researchers have been examining the movement and interaction of mechanical energies across the atmosphere. Using satellite data, this is the first study to explore long-term variations of the Lorenz energy cycle—a complex formula used to describe ...
Read More...January 24, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Five years ago, a committee appointed by the National Academy of Sciences was charged with assessing future sea level for the coasts of California, Oregon and Washington. The committee’s report projected average or midrange estimates of sea-level rise relative to 2000 of about ...
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