NOAA Establishes Tipping Points for Sea Level Rise Related Flooding
By 2050, a majority of U.S. coastal areas are likely to be threatened by 30 or more days of flooding each year due to dramatically accelerating impacts from sea level rise, according to a new NOAA study.
Aboriginal Knowledge Could Unlock Climate Solutions
Environmental and Indigenous groups are urging the government to create new partnerships with indigenous Australians in climate adaptation and mitigation policies and also to tap into indigenous knowledge of natural resource management. A number of indigenous communities live in low-lying areas near wetlands, estuaries and river systems, and have lived in harmony with the land for generations.
Models of Greenland Ice Melting Could Be Way Off
Existing computer models may be severely underestimating the risk to Greenland’s ice sheet — which would add 20 feet to sea levels if it all melted — from warming temperatures, according to two studies released Monday.
Queensland Deputy Orders to Remove Sea Levels Reference From Regional Plan
Queensland Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney has intervened to force the removal of all references to climate change-derived sea level rises from the regional plan of Moreton Bay Regional Council, a decision experts say could have wide ramifications.
A Ridiculous Law Is Threatening The Future Of Coastal North Carolina Communities
Coastal North Carolina communities have gotten a raw deal from their state legislature for the past two years — and it won’t get any better for at least two more.
Erosion Worsens at Topsail North Beach, NC
Ongoing efforts to address erosion at the north end of Topsail Island took on more urgency this week after a weekend storm pounded the shoreline.
Mediterranean Meteorological Tide Has Increased by over a Millimeter a Year Since 1989
A new database developed provides information on sea level variation due to atmospheric changes in the south of Europe between 1948 and 2009. Over the last two decades sea levels have increased in the Mediterranean basin.
Women on the Edge of Land and Life
November is the cruelest month for landless families in the Indian Sundarbans, the largest single block of tidal mangrove forest in the world lying primarily in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal.
6 Years After Hurricane Ike, Texas Coast Remains Vulnerable
The paralysis in Texas reflects a troubling truth: The United States lacks a unified national response to the threat posed by rising sea levels.