Shanghai: Most Vulnerable Major City to Flood Risk
Shanghai is the most vulnerable major city in the world to serious flooding, a study suggests.
Glacial Lakes May Affect Sea-Level Rise
Scientists are tracking how water atop Greenland’s ice sheet pools and drains. The findings could help predict future rises in sea level.
Is This Our Future? Manila
Try and imagine what it would be like to wake up one day, look outside the window and discover that your home has disappeared…
Scientists find Grand Canyon-sized rift under Antarctic ice
Scientists have discovered a rift the size of the Grand Canyon hidden under the Antarctic ice sheet, which they say is contributing to ice melt and a consequent rise in the sea level.
Satellites See Unprecedented Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Melt
For several days this month, Greenland’s surface ice cover melted over a larger area than at any time in more than 30 years of satellite observations. Nearly the entire ice cover of Greenland, from its thin, low-lying coastal edges to its two-mile-thick center, experienced some degree of melting at its surface.
Trigger for Past Rapid Sea Level Rise Discovered
The cause of rapid sea level rise in the past has been found by scientists at the University of Bristol using climate and ice sheet models.
Legislators rule prediction of rising sea out of bounds
In North Carolina, lawmakers have passed a law about planning for rising seas. Basically, it forbids coastal communities from making any plans that factor in the latest climate change science.
Sea versus Senators
Could nature be mocking North Carolina’s law-makers? Less than two weeks after the state’s senate passed a bill banning state agencies from reporting that sea-level rise is accelerating, research has shown that the coast between North Carolina and Massachusetts is experiencing the fastest sea-level rise in the world…
Long-Term Sea-Level Rise in a Two-Degree Warmer World
Sea levels around the world can be expected to rise by several metres in coming centuries, if global warming carries on.