April 06, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – New research has found that each year about 80 more square miles of ice in Antarctica is detaching from bedrock, and in West Antarctica, 22 percent of glaciers are retreating even faster. As a whole, far more glaciers in Antarctica are losing ...
Read More...April 05, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – An extensive analysis by MIT researchers has concluded that putting a price on carbon, in the form of a fee or tax on the use of fossil fuels, coupled with returning the generated revenue to the public in one form or another, ...
Read More...April 04, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Scientists using drone surveys have determined that the dirty belt of the western Greenland Ice Sheet, known as the Dark Zone, is covered in dark colored algae. The algae feed on the dust and black carbon across this zone. Even slight increases ...
Read More...April 03, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Warming temperatures allow more time for plants to grow and produce pollen, which means a longer pollen season for asthma and allergy sufferers. On the west coast, the growing season is now 17 days longer than it was in the 1970’s, and ...
Read More...April 02, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Rising seas will inundate dozens of coastal wastewater treatment centers, leaving an estimated 1.5 million Americans without service by 2030 when levels are expected to rise at least a foot, a new study says. At 6 feet of sea level rise, the number jumps to 27.8 ...
Read More...March 31, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Rising seas are beginning to challenge traditional assumptions for underwriting property risk, which could impact flood-specific coverage, including the U.S. National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), residential and commercial carriers, excess insurers, state-specific flood risk pools and the reinsurers that back them. Insurance plays a ...
Read More...March 30, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Louisiana state officials have announced that everyone living on Isle de Jean Charles will need to leave, making the island residents the first climate refugees in the United States. A combination of subsidence and rising sea levels has reduced the island from ...
Read More...March 29, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A new study finds that the Greenland ice sheet is melting at its fastest rate in at least 400 years, and the melt rate has been accelerating for several decades. The scientists say a significant increase in summertime temperatures – about 1.2 degrees ...
Read More...March 28, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Kiribati, a Pacific island nation made up of 33 coral atolls and a population of about 100,000 people, could become one of the first countries to disappear from sea level rise. Anote Tong, the former President of Kiribati, has warned that islanders will ...
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