December 07, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: NASA/Saskia Madlener.Article Synopsis – According to research on past climates, we’ve already locked in 65 feet (20 meters) of sea level rise, which is enough to inundate coastlines and displace hundreds of millions of people. Although this level of rise is expected to take ...
Read More...December 06, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Angel Valentin for The New York Times.Article Synopsis – Officials in the Florida Keys have announced that as sea levels continue to rise, some parts of the islands will be too expensive to save. Current estimates put the costs of elevating streets in the ...
Read More...December 05, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The IMO, the U.N. agency in charge of shipping, which accounts for 2% of global CO2 emissions, has agreed to cut emissions by 50% by 2050. This “falls far short of the 70% minimum cuts called for by the European Union and ...
Read More...December 04, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: SOUTHEAST FLORIDA REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE COMPACT.Article Synopsis – The latest sea level rise projections for South Florida are three to five inches higher by 2060 than previous projections from 2015. These projections are used by governments throughout South Florida to determine new construction heights. ...
Read More...December 03, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: SAMUEL BOIVIN/NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES.Article Synopsis – Researchers analyzed temperature models from as far back as 1970 and found that most accurately predicted recent temperatures. Of the models that weren’t as accurate, most were due to unforeseen variables (like reductions in pollution outputs) and ...
Read More...December 02, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: IUCN.Article Synopsis – Since 1960, global warming has contributed to a 2% decrease in oxygen concentration in the oceans, which threatens species like tuna, marlin, and sharks. “Around 700 ocean sites are now suffering from low oxygen, compared with 45 in the 1960s.” To ...
Read More...November 30, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – In the past decade, “climate-fueled disasters have forced about 20 million people a year to leave their homes – equivalent to one every two seconds – according to a new report”. This makes the climate “the biggest driver of displacement”, three times more ...
Read More...November 29, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: Eamon Queeney/For The Washington Post.Article Synopsis – Charlotte, NC has been on the forefront of climate adaptation since the 1990s when it began calculating future flood risk and removing vulnerable properties. So far the “North Carolina county has removed 460 structures and replaced them ...
Read More...November 28, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Credit: NSIDC.Article Synopsis – Scientists have found physics-based evidence that the thinning floating ice shelves around Antarctica cause an increase in ice loss from land. “According to the researchers, one of the key findings of the study was the fact that the thinning of the ...
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