Some Caribbean Hotels Back Away from Battered Coastlines
The postcards portray sand, sea and sun. But key players in the Caribbean tourism industry are warning that it’s time to shift gears away from the region’s threatened coastlines and instead promote inland attractions like biodiversity.
Evidence of Sea Level Acceleration at U.S. and Canadian Tide Stations, Atlantic Coast
Sea level is rising all over the world thanks to the heat-trapping effect of greenhouse-gas emissions, but according to a new study published in the Journal of Coastal Research, the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada have seen the ocean rise at an accelerating rate in recent decades.
11 Islands That Will Vanish When Sea Level Rise
According to the EPA, global sea level has risen by eight inches since 1870. This change is already affecting many low lying islands that have had to adapt. View a slideshow.
Why Sea Levels Fell, Only to Rise Again
From the beginning of 2010 until mid-2011, the average level of the world’s oceans dropped by 0.2 inches (5 millimeters). But how could this happen when average sea levels have been rising for decades?
Response To Patrick Michaels Editorial
Patrick Michaels is a long time (and very effective) denier of the importance of global climate change. He provides the ammunition for those who are predisposed to ignoring Mother Earth’s realities…
Arctic Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise May Pose Imminent Threat To Island Nations
Low-lying island nations threatened by rising sea levels this century could see the disastrous consequences of climate change far sooner than expected.
Farming in Bangladesh Stays Afloat, Literally
Due to frequent flooding over the last 50 years, the farms around the capital of Dhaka, have turned into a wetland. For the residents rice cultivation is now only a memory. But, instead of cursing the havoc created by changing climate, the local inhabitants have made the best of a bad situation…
Arctic sea ice shatters previous low records; Antarctic sea ice edges to record high.
This September, sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean fell to the lowest extent in the satellite record, which began in 1979.
Satellites Trace Sea Level Change
Scientists have reviewed almost two decades of satellite data to build a new map showing the trend in sea levels. Globally, the oceans are rising, but there have been major regional differences over the period.