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“People tend to have a short disaster memory…What this storm is telling us is it’s time to think a little more long-term and make some decisions…We’ve been Band-Aiding things together for a long time.” – Gary Griggs (in the New York Times 01-09-2023)

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"The Earth in 2100" Edited NASA visualization of climate change (specifically temperature) will probably look like by the year 2100 (by Stuart Rankin CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED via Flickr).

Earth Just Had the Hottest 12-Month Span in Recorded History – Scientific American

November 22, 2023

Absecon Island (NJ) Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Project (by US Army Corps of Engineers, public domain).

9 times the US Army Corps of Engineers miscalculated badly at the expense of taxpayers, wildlife – Jefferson Public Radio (JPR)

November 20, 2023

Sea wall drains, Prachuap Bay, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand (by Troup Dresser CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED via Flickr).

Can Seawalls Save Us? – the New Yorker

November 6, 2023

The damaged metal fencing and railings along Beach Drive illustrate the power unleashed by Thursday’s storm as visitors take in the scene Friday morning © Shmuel Thaler - Santa Cruz Sentinel

Climate crisis costing $16m an hour in extreme weather damage, study estimates – the Guardian

October 30, 2023

Seven Mile Beach, Cayman Islands (by Brook Ward CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED via Flickr).

Erosion Stripping Seven Mile Beach – cayman compass

October 11, 2023

Image at top: Air Temperature at the Surface, 2pm October 6, 2023: Temperature across the planet has great variation in time and space. This imagery shows the predicted air temperature (at 2 meters). Pink and orange areas are hot; yellow areas are mild; and a distinct transition to blue occurs at the freezing point (Courtesy of NOAA - generated by CoastalCare.org via View Global Data Explorer website, Public Domain).

September shattered global heat record — and by a record margin – the Washington Post

October 9, 2023

Girl on the Jetty, Oceanside, California - April 18, 2009 (by Brian Auer CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED via Flickr).

A California Beach Town Is Desperate to Save Its Vanishing Sand – the New York Times

October 5, 2023

View of damage along the coast of Sanibel, Fort Myers in western Florida following Hurricane Ian Oct. 1, 2022. (Courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard, photo by Petty Officer Third Class Riley Perkofski CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED via Flickr).

For Sanibel, the Recovery from Hurricane Ian Will Be Years in the Making – Inside Climate News

October 4, 2023

Composite imagery of Hurricane Lee over the Caribbean, 8 September, 2023 (Courtesy NOAA | NESDIS | STAR - GOES-East, public domain).

A First: Category 5 Storms Have Formed in Every Ocean Basin this Year – the Washington Post

September 8, 2023

Hurricane Lee at 18.9°N - 55.5°W on 08 Sep 2023 - 22:30 UTC (GeoColor Composite courtesy of NOAA | NESDIS | STAR - GOES-East, public domain).

Lee rapidly intensifies into a Category 5 hurricane over Atlantic – the Washington Post

September 8, 2023

Ground level rendering of proposed pump station and expanded flood wall along the Elizabeth River (courtesy of US Army Corps of Engineers | City of Norfolk, via ResilientNorfolk.com)

At risk from rising seas, Norfolk, Virginia, plans massive, controversial floodwall – NPR

September 6, 2023

Geo Color imagery of post-tropical Cyclone Idalia (courtesy of NOAA, public domain).

How sea level rise made Idalia’s storm surge worse – the Washington Post

September 5, 2023

Atmospheric rivers occur all over the world in this global view from February, 2017. Illustration courtesy of NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio - Lead Animator: Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC), VIRRS Suomi NPP natural color image courtesy of NASA/Earth Observatory/Jesse Allen)

A River Runs above Us – Hakai Magazine

August 10, 2023

Groundsel Tree (Baccharis halimifolia) Swindler Cove, Inwood Hill Park, New York City (by Steve Guttman CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr).

Northern Manhattan Wetland Faced with Climate-Change-Induced Erosion is Reimagined – Inside Climate News

August 8, 2023

Hot Walk (by Moodycamera Photography CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr).

Sorry, Honey, It’s Too Hot for Camp (Podcast) – Atlantic Radio

August 3, 2023

Kalaloch Lodge, on the west coast of Washington's Olympic Peninsula (by Ron Sipherd CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr).

Slipping away: Erosion forces Olympic National Park to take a hard look at Kalaloch Lodge – the Seattle Times

August 2, 2023

Extremes (by Sakeeb Sabakka CC BY 2.0 via Flickr).

July 4, 2023: The Hottest Day in over 125,000 Years

July 6, 2023

Birds in a Blazing Sun (by Michael Coghlan CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr).

The world’s hottest day on record was Tuesday, scientists calculate – PBS News Hour

July 6, 2023

The Burning of the Sky (byJustin Vidamo CC BY 2.0 via Flickr ).

The planet saw its hottest day on record this week – CNN

July 6, 2023

"Ave" Hermosillow, Sonora, Mexico (by Kirrin CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr).

What 120 Degrees Looks Like in One of Mexico’s Hottest Cities – the New York Times

July 6, 2023

Global temperatures on July 4th, 2023 (courtesy of Climate Reanalyzer.Org | University of Maine | NOAA CC BY-NC 4.0).

Why a sudden surge of broken heat records is scaring scientists – the Washington Post

July 6, 2023

Thermal (heat) image view of Category 5 Hurricane Maria in 2017, as seen by NASA’s Terra satellite. Yellow and orange are the warm ocean waters, and blue and white are the hurricane’s tall, cool cloud tops (courtesy of NASA, public domain via NASA earth observatory).

Hurricanes push heat deeper into the ocean than scientists realized, boosting long-term ocean warming, new research shows – the Conversation

June 29, 2023

Fishing boat on the beach in Sri Lanka (by Goran tek-en, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia).

AP Photos In Sri Lanka, Fishers Suffer as Sea Erosion Destroys Homes and Beaches – AP

June 26, 2023

Sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean from mid-January through February 2022 compared to the long-term average. East of the International Dateline (180˚), waters remained cooler than average, a sign of La Niña (Graphic courtesy of Climate.gov, based on data from NOAA’s Environmental Visualization Lab)

El Niño May Break a Record and Reshape Weather around the Globe – Scientific American

June 22, 2023

The long-lived cyclone, Biparjoy is expected to make landfall near the border of India and Pakistan (courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS).

Cyclone Biparjoy: India, Pakistan evacuate more than 170,000 – BBC News

June 15, 2023

"What! Another Photo of Morro Rock?"(by loren chipman CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr).

Up to 70% of California beaches could disappear by end of the century – the Guardian

June 9, 2023

Air Mass RBG imagery of Southeastern United States, June 1, 2023 (courtesy of NOAA-GOES-EAST public domain).

El Niño and extreme Atlantic Ocean heat are about to clash – the Conversation

June 5, 2023

USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) operates with a Saildrone Explorer in the Red Sea (by Cpl. DeAndre Dawkins, US Navy CC BY 2.0 via Flickr).

The Tiny Craft Mapping Superstorms at Sea | Interactive – the New York Times

May 31, 2023

Chalet style cottages perched precariously on the North Sea cliff, south of the old Hornsea Road at Skipsea (© Paul Glazzard CC BY-SA 2.0 via Geograph).

If Your House Were Falling Off a Cliff, Would You Leave? – the New York Times

May 25, 2023

Barcelona's Promenade and Somorrostro Beach with the hotel W Barcelona in the background (by Falco Ermert CC BY 2.0 via Flickr).

Barcelona’s beaches could vanish as authorities abandon ‘enhancement’ – the Guardian

May 21, 2023

Between Two Storms (by Peter Kurdulija CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr).

Global heating has likely made El Niños and La Niñas more ‘frequent and extreme’ – the Guardian

May 18, 2023

Huge waves crashing into the seawall behind the 1900 Storm Memorial Statue during Hurricane Ike in Galveston Texas (courtesy Texas Sea Grant CC BY 2.0 via Flickr).

The ‘Ike Dike’ is the Army Corps of Engineers’ largest project ever. It may not be big enough – Grist Magazine

May 8, 2023

Varkala beach - India (by Henrik Jagels CC BY 2.0 via Flickr).

One-third of India’s coastline is vulnerable to erosion, impacting coastal communities – The New In

May 1, 2023

Subtropical Cyclone Gabrielle on 12 February 2023 (courtesy of NASA/Terra-MODIS, Public domain, via Wikimedia).

In the wake of historic storms, Māori leaders call for disaster relief and rights – Grist Magazine

May 1, 2023

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High Winds on East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz county (by CHP Santa Cruz, January 10, 2023)

Image Gallery courtesy of: Shmuel Thaler | Santa Cruz Sentinel, Kim Steinhardt, and Gary Griggs

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