Rising seas threaten the Gullah Geechee culture. Here’s how they’re fighting back – National Geographic
The Gullah Geechee people are among the most climate threatened in the world. By rebuilding oyster reefs and limiting coastal development, they hope to preserve homes and heritage.
Hurricane Ian: This is climate change slapping us upside the head with a 2×4 – Florida Phoenix
Hurricane Ian should make Florida’s politicians and Florida’s insurance companies rethink building on the coasts, the barrier islands, and the wetlands. It’s unaffordable. It’s unsustainable. It’s environmental suicide.
A Drop in the Ocean – CNN Interactive
As the world experiences sea level rise, Iceland’s waters are falling — and flowing to the other side of the planet…
New CO2 Record Prompts a Scientist to Ask, ‘What’s It Going to Take for Us to Wake Up?’ – Discover Magazine
CO2 levels are now 50 percent higher than in pre-industrial times — a level not seen for 4 million years.
Climate crisis to shrink G7 economies twice as much as Covid-19, says research
The economies of rich countries will shrink by twice as much as they did in the Covid-19 crisis if they fail to tackle rising greenhouse gas emissions, according to research.
Miami’s chief heat officer calls for action on ‘silent killer’ in climate crisis
Miami’s new chief heat officer has called for greater federal and state action on the lethal threat posed by rising temperatures after becoming the first official in the US appointed to focus solely on heatwaves.
World’s largest iceberg, nearly four times size of New York City, forms in Antarctica
A giant slab of ice almost four times the size of New York City has sheared off from the frozen edge of Antarctica into the Weddell Sea, becoming the largest iceberg afloat in the world…
World will lose 10% of glacier ice even if it hits climate targets
A tenth of the world’s mountain glacier ice will have melted by the middle of this century even if humanity meets the goals of the Paris climate agreement…
This Glacier in Alaska Is Moving 100 Times Faster Than Normal
The Muldrow Glacier, on the north side of Denali in Alaska, is undergoing a rare surge. In the past few months the 39-mile-long river of ice has been moving as much as 90 feet a day, 100 times its usual speed.