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Tag: climate change

Hurricane Milton Is Terrifying, and It Is Just the Start | Opinion – the New York Times

Hurricane Milton Eyes Florida, October 8, 2024 (Imagery from GOES satellite, courtesy of CSU / CIRA & NOAA, public domain).

As Hurricane Milton roars toward Florida’s west coast with winds that spiked to a staggering 180 miles per hour, we are witnessing a new reality. Supercharged hurricanes are no longer outliers, freak disasters or storms of the century…

One block on the Outer Banks has had three houses collapse since Friday – the Washington Post

Debris associated with house collapse at 23001 G A Kohler Court 09-20-2024 (Courtesy of Cape Hatteras National Seashore, public domain, via Flickr).

In Rodanthe, N.C., 10 houses have fallen into the ocean since 2020 in an erosion-plagued stretch of the Outer Banks…

How Close Are the Planet’s Climate Tipping Points? – the New York Times

Permafrost in the Arctic (Courtesy of GRID-Arendal resources library by Levi Westerveld/GRID-Arendal CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr).

Earth’s warming could trigger sweeping changes in the natural world that would be hard, if not impossible, to reverse…

Antarctic temperatures soar 50 degrees above norm in long-lasting heat wave – the Washington Post

The shelf’s disintegration in March 2022 has reshaped a landscape where coastal glacial ice was once thought to be stable. (courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory, by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview, public domain).

This historic warm spell in East Antarctica is an ominous example of the temperature spikes this polar climate could experience more of in a warming world…

In the South, Sea Level Rise Accelerates at Some of the Most Extreme Rates on Earth – Inside Climate News

Everglades (Courtesy of the South Florida Water Management District CC BY-ND 2.0 DEED via Flickr).

The surge is startling scientists, amplifying impacts such as hurricane storm surges and nuisance flooding and testing mitigation measures like the Resilient Florida program…

Earth broke all-time heat record two days in a row, scientists say – the Washington Post

Trends in annual surface temperature in the past few decades (1994-2023, bottom) compared to the trend since the start of the 20th century (Courtesy of NOAA Climate.gov, based on data provided by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, public domain)

Global temperatures Monday were highest ever observed — breaking a record set only 24 hours earlier….

Mangrove Trees Are on the Move, Taking the Tropics with Them – Scientific American

Black Mangrove, Florida Everglades (by Marianne Serra CC BY 2.0 via Flickr).

As the climate warms, mangroves are migrating farther poleward, transforming the coast as they go…

Is there a wrong way to talk about climate change? – Grist Magazine

Conversation (by tzejen CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr).

In a provocative new book, Genevieve Guenther argues that too many conversations are happening on the fossil fuel industry’s terms….

Rancho Palos Verdes landslide is creating a new beach. ‘It’s unreal’ – the Los Angeles Times

The shoreline and beach at the base of the Palos Verdes landside © 2024 Rajendra P. Malla.

There’s an entirely new coastline in Rancho Palos Verdes…

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