March 16, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – According to a new project designed “to monitor and forecast changes in sea level at 32 localities along the U.S. coastline”, the sea level in Boston is projected to rise about 1.5 feet by 2050. The data project’s release comes amid heightened local focus on climate mitigation and adaptation, ...
Read More...March 15, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Researchers found that the lakes of meltwater that form on the Greenland ice sheet in the summer drain in a chain reaction that can speed the flow of the ice sheet by up to 400 percent, destabilizing it and increasing sea level rise. The ...
Read More...March 14, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – FEMA, the federal government’s first responder to floods, hurricanes and other natural disasters, has eliminated references to climate change from its strategic planning document, which outlines plans for building preparedness, for the next four years. Although the document says, “costs are expected to ...
Read More...March 13, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – The United Nations warns that rising sea levels are rapidly eroding Easter Island’s coasts and many of the remains of Easter Island’s ancient civilization may be erased. The waves have carried off almost all of the sand on the beaches, leaving jagged volcanic ...
Read More...March 12, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A paper published in February used data from 25 years of observation using satellite altimetry to conclude that the computer model projections on sea level rise are accurate with 99 percent confidence. The global average sea level rose about 3 millimeters per year ...
Read More...March 10, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A new report released by NOAA has found that as sea levels rise due to global warming, the kind of flooding currently experienced only in storms will happen during normal high tides. By 2050, high-tide flooding would occur up to 130-180 days a ...
Read More...March 09, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Sea level rise is not the only danger we face as glaciers continue to melt from increased global temperatures, and the meltwater travels to the coasts. Some of these dangers include the release of toxins that have been frozen in the ice, the ...
Read More...March 08, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – A federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to halt a landmark climate change lawsuit on Wednesday, ruling that the case can proceed to trial in a lower court. The lawsuit, brought in 2015 by 21 youths, including the granddaughter of NASA ...
Read More...March 07, 2018 By Sharon Gray in Newsletter
Article Synopsis – Rising sea levels are predicted to submerge many coastal areas around San Francisco Bay by 2100, but a new study warns that sinking land- primarily the compaction of landfill- will make flooding even worse. Using precise measurements of subsidence around the Bay Area, scientists ...
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