Here Are 10 Striking Images of Future Sea Levels
To really understand what climate change could mean for coastal areas, photos really do the trick.
Coastal Nations, Megacities Face 20 Feet of Sea Rise
If, as suggested by a comprehensive new review in the journal Science, 2°C of global warming will lock in at least 20 feet (6 meters) of eventual sea level rise, what would 2°C of warming (3.6°F) mean for the future and heritage of global nations and cities?
Beach Pollution: How We Can All Play a Part in Keeping Our Oceans Clean
This year the Travel Foundation’s Make Holidays Greener campaign (#greenerhols) has a direct and urgent message. We need to keep plastic rubbish off our beaches so that it doesn’t pollute our seas.
Coastal Erosion Eats Away at Mokau, New Zealand
At one pristine coastal spot in the Waikato, less than $100,000 can buy you a tidy, three-bedroom bach. The catch is, the sea may steal the land underneath it at some point in the future.
Iraq’s Famed Marshes Are Disappearing—Again
A decade after the restoration of their once fruitful wetlands, the Marsh Arabs are struggling to cope with the country’s water shortage.
How Can We Make People Care About Climate Change?
Norwegian psychologist Per Espen Stoknes has studied why so many people have remained unconcerned about climate change. In a Yale Environment 360 interview, he talks about the psychological barriers to public action on climate and how to overcome them.
Coral Bleaching Threat Increasing in Western Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
As unusually warm ocean temperatures cover the north Pacific, equatorial Pacific, and western Atlantic oceans, NOAA scientists expect greater bleaching of corals on Northern Hemisphere reefs through October, potentially leading to the death of corals over a wide area and affecting the long-term supply of fish and shellfish.
Sand Disappears From Popular Burin Peninsula Beach
A beach on Newfoundland’s Burin Peninsula, Canada, was one of the sandiest in the province, until it vanished in December. Now all that’s left on Shoal Cove Beach, near the town of St. Lawrence, is a whole lot of rocks.
Gold Coast Beach Erosion Plan: Is the Plan on the Right Track?
As the 2015 summer storm season approaches, has the Gold Coast City Council got the right plan in place to protect the beaches luring the 11.5 million tourists, residents and investors to Australia’s playground each year?