10 Years Since Katrina: The Climate Connection is Clear (Op-Ed)
Rising sea levels increase the probability of storm-induced surges. As with Katrina and Sandy, they are often the most destructive aspects of hurricanes…
Mississippi River Mouth Must Be Abandoned to Save New Orleans from Next Hurricane
Extensive studies done after Katrina verified what lifelong residents of southeastern Louisiana already knew: Unless the rapidly disappearing wetlands are made healthy again, restoring the natural defense, New Orleans will soon lay naked against the sea.
Vanishing Stories in a Vanishing Country
One of the clearest, and far-less-talked-about, injustices of climate change is that it threatens to disappear entire countries.
Pilkey’s Call: Save The Beaches
Beaches move, and with rising sea levels they are moving faster. People try to slow or halt the process by dredging up sand or erecting imposing seawalls, but those are destructive and doomed efforts. To save the beaches, we must let beaches go where and how they want.
Sea Defences Not Enough to Protect Delta Cities From Rising Flood Risk
Rich nations spend huge sums to keep the seas at bay but wealth may not save them indefinitely.
The Barrier Islands: Islands in Motion
North Carolina is famous for its beautiful set of coastal barrier islands. But did you know that those islands are mobile? Around 14 thousand years ago, as the last ice age was coming to a close, sea level began to rise as water was released from the glaciers.
Rain, Storm Surge Combine to Put Coasts at Risk
Many more coastal residents are at threat from the meteorological double whammy of freshwater flooding and storm surge, (compound flooding events) which a new study finds is a serious threat for large stretches of U.S. coast, where more than half of the country’s population lives in densely populated areas and where development has been steadily rising in recent decades.
Disastrous Sea Level Rise Is an Issue for Today’s Public – Not Next Millennium’s
The bottom line message scientists should deliver to policymakers is that we have a global crisis, an emergency that calls for global cooperation to reduce emissions as rapidly as practical.
Climate Change Threatens China’s Booming Coastal Cities, Says Expert
A recent study led by Georgina Mace, ecosystem professor at University College London, indicated that governments across the world have failed to grasp the risk that population booms in coastal cities pose as climate change continues to cause rises in sea levels and extreme weather events.