May 11, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – In Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood, where “immigration and climate gentrification collide”, rising seas are turning high ground into hot property. “Sunny day floods have increased 400% in a decade”, driving investors to buy property in higher elevated, poor neighborhoods, which could ultimately ...
Read More...May 09, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – New data from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service predicts 2020 will “rank among the top two warmest years recorded”. NOAA has also made this prediction, reporting there is a 75% chance 2020 will break temperature records. April tied for the warmest ...
Read More...May 07, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Extreme high tide events are causing flooding in Honolulu from three different mechanisms, and it will continue to worsen as sea levels rise. These three mechanisms include directly over the shoreline, groundwater inundation, and reverse flow through the municipal drainage system. Currently, ...
Read More...May 06, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Researchers have found that even though CO2 emissions are reducing due to the impact of the coronavirus, the annual concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere will still increase this year. CO2 levels are estimated to rise by 2.48 ppm; this rise is ...
Read More...May 04, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – “The battle over how to spend recovery funds — to quickly restore the old economy or invest in a greener one — will define the post-pandemic world.” With dropping pollution and CO2 emissions, people are realizing that change really is possible. However, ...
Read More...May 02, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – “We are living in a moment of historical importance” in which people are beginning to realize that our actions, individually and as a society, matter. The urgency and short time frame of the current crisis has enabled us to shift our former “know-but-not-act” ...
Read More...April 30, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A new study, sponsored by FEMA, has found “the U.S. could save more than $1 trillion by removing roughly 1 million homes from flood-prone areas and relocating residents”. The report suggests government buyout programs should be greatly expanded. “Removing 1 million flood-prone ...
Read More...April 28, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Homeowners on Broad Beach in Malibu have been locked in a legal battle with environmental groups and surrounding communities over how to save their homes and beach from erosion and the encroaching sea. These battles foreshadow what many coastal communities will face ...
Read More...April 27, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – New developments aimed at climate resiliency can be exclusionary and unjust, deflecting the worst effects of climate change onto those who cannot afford to avoid them. “Unless we learn to adapt, only the rich will be able to avoid the ravages of ...
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