January 05, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – About 15,000 years ago, the ocean around Antarctica saw an abrupt sea level rise of at least three meters. At that time, changes in atmospheric-oceanic circulation led to a stratification in the ocean with a cold layer at the surface and a warm ...
Read More...January 04, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Louisiana is losing its coast at a rapid rate because of rising sea levels, development and sinking marshland. Officials are trying to rebuild those marshes and the wetlands, but much of the coast can’t be saved. This makes Louisiana’s history an unwitting victim. ...
Read More...January 03, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The 2017 edition of Louisiana’s Coastal Master Plan was just released and it predicts that even if everything works as planned, 2,800 square miles of coast still could be lost in the next four decades, and about 27,000 buildings may need to ...
Read More...January 02, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A new study out of N.C. State and Appalachian State Universities has found that Coastal Carolina officials may not be willing to prepare for climate change until it’s too late. According to researchers, knowledge of the science behind climate change didn’t make officials more willing ...
Read More...January 01, 2017 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Ghost forests are becoming more common along New Jersey’s coastline. As sea levels rise, water pushes up the water table underground and creeps further inland on the surface, inundating previously dry land. In the process, the water drowns trees and eventually forms marshes where ...
Read More...December 31, 2016 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – According to a study from the National Academy of Sciences, the United States is seeing twice as many heat records as cold ones. The Arctic is warming at double the rate of global average temperature because melting ice exposes dark ocean there, which ...
Read More...December 30, 2016 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – After the damage felt from Hurricane Matthew in October, the city of St. Augustine, FL has begun to look at their vulnerabilities to flooding and sea level rise. In conjunction with the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, the University of Florida, and ...
Read More...December 30, 2016 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Officials in Gloucester County, VA are taking a proactive approach to the threats of rising sea level. Their current city planning takes into account a two-and-a-half foot rise in sea level over the next 30 to 60 years, and also have scenarios for ...
Read More...December 29, 2016 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – It was about 37 degrees Fahrenheit warmer in the Arctic in November than it usually is this time of year. The week before Christmas, it was 50 degrees above the usual average. For scientists and others studying the long-term trends in the Arctic, and ...
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