"Sea Level Rise Now" News Digest

We Still Have Time to Act on Climate Change — But Records Will Tumble for Next 20 Years Regardless of Emissions: Study – ABC Science

June 11, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter

Jun 11 2019

Credit: ABC News: Shelley Lloyd.Article Synopsis – New study finds temperature records and extreme weather conditions will continue for the next 20 years even if we reduce carbon emissions. After 2040, our emissions will determine if those extreme trends continue. According to the study, “learning ...

June 10, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter

Jun 10 2019

Credit: Pedro Portal.Article Synopsis – “Replacing and refurbishing old coastal pumps to brace for sea level rise could cost South Florida tens of millions of dollars per year over the next decade.” District hydrology chief Aki Owosina found that 26 of the 36 coastal pumps ...

June 08, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter

Jun 08 2019

Credit: geograph.org.uk.Article Synopsis – The village of Fairbourne, Wales, in the UK is considering a plan to “relocate residents and surrender the land to the sea by the middle of the century”. This is “when sea level is predicted to have risen 0.5 meters from ...

June 07, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter

Jun 07 2019

Credit: Ron Antonelli / Bloomberg via Getty Images file.Article Synopsis – A new study suggests that if we continue to take a “business as usual” approach to carbon emissions, sea levels could rise more than two meters (seven and a half feet) and displace almost ...

June 06, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter

Jun 06 2019

Article Synopsis – A new analysis suggests that rising sea levels will leave Atlantic City uninhabitable by the end of the century, along with many other cities. “Fifty percent of Atlantic City will be uninhabitable by 2060 and by 2100, 92.8% of the city will ...

June 05, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter

Jun 05 2019

Article Synopsis – From the rising sea levels to the warming waters to the changing seawater chemistry, climate change is wreaking havoc on our oceans. The oceans absorb 90 percent of the excess heat in our atmosphere. They also absorb excess carbon dioxide, which in ...

June 04, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter

Jun 04 2019

Credit: United Soybean Board/ABC News.Article Synopsis – According to new research, levels of methane have been increasing in the atmosphere since 2007 and scientists aren’t sure why. One possibility is that “rising temperatures could be triggering wetlands to release more methane, and changes in atmospheric ...

June 03, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter

Jun 03 2019

Credit: Charly W. Karl/Flickr.Article Synopsis – Three small, uninhabited islands off the coasts of Hawaii, Japan and Russia have disappeared this year due to climate change and sea level rise. “As human activities continue to alter the environment, islands are increasingly vulnerable to the impacts ...

June 01, 2019 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter

Jun 01 2019

Article Synopsis – “Emissions from fossil fuels and volcanoes can explain nearly all of the changes in Earth’s surface temperatures over the past 140 years, a new study has found. The research refutes the popular climate denial myth that recent global warming is merely a ...