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Tag: climate change

Earth roasts through its second consecutive hottest year on record – Yale Climate Connections

Selected Significant Climate Anamolies and Events in 2024 (courtesy of NOAA, public domain).

This storm was off the charts. The bomb cyclone emerged from the middle of the Pacific Ocean and swirled with such intensity off Washington’s coast that it ravaged the region Tuesday night, ripping down trees, toppling power lines and killing at least two…

Complexities of ‘Coastal Erosion Structures’ Come Into View on Mayo Beach – the Provincetown Independent

Mayo Beach (by Wendy Lefkowich CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr).

A legal battle playing out between the California Coastal Commission and homeowners who want to build a large seawall near Half Moon Bay could have repercussions along the entire coast.

Why seas are surging | Interactive – the Washington Post

Installing a tide gage near Castle Cape (courtesy of NOAA Photo Library CC BY 2.0 via Flickr).

What one tide gauge reveals about America’s climate future…

Bay Area homeowners battle California Coastal Commission over right to build seawall – the San Francisco Chronicle

View of coast North of the City of Half Moon Bay and Pillar Point Harbor © 2002-2024 Kenneth & Gabrielle Adelman, California Coastal Records Project, www.Californiacoastline.org

A legal battle playing out between the California Coastal Commission and homeowners who want to build a large seawall near Half Moon Bay could have repercussions along the entire coast.

Why are Puducherry’s beaches fast disappearing? – Eco India | Scroll.in | DW (11-30-2024)

"Lady and couple watching waves" Puducherry, India (by Kate Fisher, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr).

Coastal erosion is reshaping India’s shores, threatening fishing villages and bustling tourist hubs like Puducherry. And what makes it worse – much of the erosion is manmade. Is there a way to reverse the damage?

Ocean acidification is a deeper crisis than we first thought – Oceonographic

Effects of ocean acidification on this pteropod include ragged, dissolving shell ridges on upper surface, a cloudy shell in lower right, and severe abrasions and weak spots on on its lower whorl (courtesy of NOAA Photo Library CC BY 2.0 via Flickr).

Once thought to be the concerns of surface level layers of the ocean, headlines over the past week indicate that ocean acidification is now sinking into marine regions as deep as 1,500 metres – posing new threats to the marine life…

How the Climate Movement Is Changing Tactics After Trump’s Win – the New York Times

"Protestors" by Linh Do CC BY 2.0 via Flickr.

Faced with a president-elect who has called global warming a “scam,” activists are changing their strategies and pushing a message of hope.

As Teenagers, They Protested Trump’s Climate Policy. Now What? – the New York Times

Pittsburgh Earth Day Climate Strike, April 2022 (by Mark Dixon CC BY 2.0 via Flickr).

Some young climate activists who were galvanized under Donald Trump’s first presidency are taking a different approach to his second.

As Greenland’s Ice Sheet Melts, an Island Town Rises – Smithsonian Magazine

View to Aasiaat's Harbor, May 31, 2016 (by Vaido Otsar, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia)

Geologists are working with local communities to determine how residents can adapt as the area’s sea level, in effect, goes down…

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