April 25, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – According to a new analysis, by 2030, 147 million people will be impacted by floods annually, more than double the number of people last decade. By 2050, that number will soar to 221 million people, with the flood damages estimated to be ...
Read More...April 24, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – “As climate change brings growing risks of inundation, investing now in protection could bring huge savings, researchers say. India, for instance, could save about $250 per $1 spent on protection to lessen the average frequency of floods from every 11 years to ...
Read More...April 23, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The annual cost of flood damage in Canada could nearly triple by 2030 if protection measures are not taken, according to researchers. “In 2010, flood damage to urban areas, including homes, businesses and public infrastructure, totalled around $2.4 billion. By 2030, if ...
Read More...April 23, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – By looking at cave sediment in China, researchers have determined the source of the rapid sea level rise during Meltwater Pulse 1A, 14,650 years ago, was the melting of the Eurasian Ice sheet. During Meltwater Pulse 1A, “sea level made a remarkable ...
Read More...April 21, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A consumer group in Australia has warned that as the damage from extreme weather events increases, the climate crisis will make insurance unaffordable for many people. “In October, the Reserve Bank of Australia found it was increasingly important that investors and institutions ...
Read More...April 20, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – As rivers decrease due to droughts and sea levels continue to increase, inundating groundwater supplies, many regions will experience a shortage of drinking water. Another threat to the drinking supply is saltwater intrusion from estuaries. As tidal waters push upstream with the ...
Read More...April 18, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a flood protection study that calls for an eight mile seawall to be installed around Charleston to keep out storm surge. Gates and pumps would divert water and rain into marshes and rivers around Charleston. ...
Read More...April 17, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A new study has found that grazing herds like horses, bison, and reindeer, could preserve up to 80% of the permafrost by 2100. Researchers found that the stamping action of the animals’ hooves helped to disperse snow and compact the ground, which ...
Read More...April 16, 2020 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – “During the exceptionally warm Arctic summer of 2019, Greenland lost 600 billion tons of ice, enough to raise global sea levels by 2.2 millimeters in two months. Between 2002 and 2019, Greenland lost 4,550 billion tons of ice, an average of 268 ...
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