Coastal Communities Stand on Local Climate Action, Virginia
Like so many cities along the Atlantic coast, Virginia Beach is at the frontlines of climate change, experiencing impacts like sea-level rise and recurrent coastal flooding.
Climate Science: Rising tide
Researchers struggle to project how fast, how high and how far the oceans will rise.
Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks To Sixth-Lowest Extent On Record
Sea ice cover in the Arctic has shrunk to one of its smallest extents on record, bringing the days of an entirely ice-free Arctic during the summer a step closer.
The Coastal Consciousness of John Gillis
Climate change is real and serious, but was not last fall’s “natural disaster,” like Katrina and like all the rest to come, as much about human failures, in infrastructure, planning, and our proclivity for building homes on shifting sandbars, as it was natural catastrophe? Those questions aren’t new.
Federal Court Upholds California’s First-in-the-US Mandate Requiring Cleaner-Burning Fuels
A panel of federal judges on Wednesday upheld California’s first-in-the-U.S. mandate requiring fuels producers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Trinidad Cracks Down on Destructive Shrimp Trawling
As far back as 1996, the U.S.-based World Resources Institute was warning that shrimp trawling was comparable to dynamite fishing in terms of sustainability.
Two Storms Strike Mexico
With 9,330 kilometers (5,800 miles) of coastline surrounded by warm tropical and subtropical waters, Mexico is no stranger to tropical storms. But on September 15-16, 2013, the country experienced a rare double strike as two storms moved ashore simultaneously, one from the Pacific and one from the Atlantic.
Rovinj: An Artists’ Colony On the Adriatic
Viewed from the sea, the crumbling pastel facades of the old town are endlessly enchanting because they are transformed by every single change of light. In the summer, the occasional white cloud does not blemish the blue sky, but merely serves as decoration.
Measurements of Antarctic Ice-Shelf Melt Help to Refine Models of Global Climate Change
In a finding that is expected to vastly improve models of the global effects of climate change on sea-level rise, A NSF funded research team, working in one of Antarctica’s most challenging environments, has produced the first direct measurements of how relatively warm sea water undercuts a floating ice shelf.