July 31, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Florida’s coasts are, yet again, dealing with a massive red tide algae bloom that is killing fish, sea birds, manatees, sea turtles, and dolphins, as well as making people sick. As temperatures continue to rise and nutrient pollution of the waters continues ...
Read More...July 30, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Scientists warn that the extreme heat events, wildfires, and water shortages that have plagued countries all over the globe this year will be the ‘new normal’ in looking ahead to future climate change effects. We will also see increased flooding events, storms, ...
Read More...July 28, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Along the East Coast, communities struggling to adapt to climate change are beginning to do what was once unthinkable: retreat. “Within a few decades, as saltwater begins to regularly block roads, kill wetlands, disrupt power supplies, bury popular beaches, undermine houses and ...
Read More...July 27, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Scientists have found that flooding caused by sea level rise from 2005 to 2017 has already caused an estimated $7.4 billion in reduced home values across North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, and Florida. The study is the first of its kind to ...
Read More...July 26, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The Solomon Islands, a country of around 900 islands and 570,000 people, is considered a global hotspot for sea level rise. “The surrounding seas have risen about 7 to 10 millimeters per year since 1993, roughly three times today’s global average — and ...
Read More...July 25, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – High-tide flooding along the U.S. coastline has increased 300 to 900 percent in the last half century, and with the flooding has come an increase in mold and bacteria. “Mold can trigger allergies like asthma and skin reactions, and some of them contain ...
Read More...July 24, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A small but significant mass loss in the gigantic Totten Glacier in East Antarctica has now been documented by satellite. East Antarctica has traditionally been viewed by polar researchers as less threatened by climate change than the volatile ice sheets in West Antarctica ...
Read More...July 23, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A new study, which looked at natural global warming periods over the past 3.5 million years and compared them to current man-made warming, suggests that the Earth could reach temperatures twice as high as current climate models predict. “This could mean the landmark Paris Climate ...
Read More...July 21, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Scientists looking at how much the Larsen C and George VI ice shelves in Antarctica would contribute to sea level rise if they collapsed found that the smaller, less talked about George VI ice shelf would raise sea levels significantly more than Larsen ...
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