August 21, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Due to the rising CO2 levels in the oceans, they could soon be as acidic as they were 14 million years ago, killing off marine life as we know it. “The current pH is already probably lower than any time in the last 2 ...
Read More...August 20, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – According to a new report, sea level rise has already cost the U.S. $14.1 billion dollars in home values across eight East Coast states. The analysis found that the states most impacted were Florida, where 384,548 homes have lost $5.42 billion in value, ...
Read More...August 18, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – New research suggests that some permafrost in Alaska and Russia may no longer freeze at all, releasing trapped greenhouse gases that could accelerate human-caused climate change. Permafrost contains more than twice the carbon found in the atmosphere as well as large quantities of methane. ...
Read More...August 17, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – This article gives a good introductory explantation as to why some coastal areas experience more sea level rise than other coastal areas. Some of the factors mentioned include thermal seawater expansion, glacial rebound, seawater chemistry variations, sinking land, the Earth’s rotation, and ...
Read More...August 16, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Scientists are looking at surging glaciers- glaciers that flow ten to one hundred times faster than normal glaciers- to predict how large, accelerating glaciers will behave so they can more accurately predict sea level rise. While surging glaciers do not directly contribute ...
Read More...August 15, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – New findings show the likely increase of flooding farther inland from tsunamis following earthquakes as sea levels continue to rise. Even minor sea-level rise, by as much as a foot, poses greater risks of tsunamis for coastal communities worldwide. To read the actual article ...
Read More...August 14, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Rising arctic temperatures are causing ‘extreme extremes’ weather events which turn sunny days into heat waves, tinder-dry conditions into wildfires, and rains into floods. The rising temperatures have slowed the circulation of the jet stream and other giant planetary winds, says the paper, which ...
Read More...August 13, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – New data suggests that the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica, previously thought to absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, releases significant amounts of carbon dioxide during the winter. These findings indicate that the Southern Ocean is near neutral with respects ...
Read More...August 11, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – “A domino-like cascade of melting ice, warming seas, shifting currents and dying forests could tilt the Earth into a “hothouse” state beyond which human efforts to reduce emissions will be increasingly futile, a group of leading climate scientists has warned.” In the ...
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