How Nantucket Is Preparing for Rising Seas – Inside Climate News
Sea-level rise threatens coastal communities even if global emissions drop…
New Study Projects Climate-Driven Flooding for Thousands of New Jersey Homes – Inside Climate News
Sea-level rise threatens coastal communities even if global emissions drop…
Trump Administration Launches All-Out Assault on Environmental Protection – Inside Climate News
Environmentalists vow to fight “the greatest increase in pollution in decades.”…
Climate Advocacy Groups Say They’re Ready for Trump 2.0 – Inside Climate News
Disheartened, worried, even scared, activists and strategists are nevertheless better prepared this time around and bracing for a long fight…
Despite Likely Setback…New Climate Champions Set to Enter Congress – Inside Climate News
Disheartened, worried, even scared, activists and strategists are nevertheless better prepared this time around and bracing for a long fight…
Climate Change Made Hurricane Milton Stronger, With Heavier Rain, Scientists Conclude – Inside Climate News
A rapid analysis of rainfall trends and Gulf of Mexico temperatures shows many similarities to Hurricane Helene less than two weeks earlier…
In the South, Sea Level Rise Accelerates at Some of the Most Extreme Rates on Earth – Inside Climate News
The surge is startling scientists, amplifying impacts such as hurricane storm surges and nuisance flooding and testing mitigation measures like the Resilient Florida program…
In Two New Studies, Scientists See Signs of Fundamental Climate Shifts in Antarctica – Inside Climate News
A steep decline of Antarctic sea ice may mark a long-term transformation in the Southern Ocean, and seawater intrusions beneath the Thwaites Glacier could explain its melting outpacing projections…
What the Melting of Antarctic Ice Shelves Means for the Planet – Inside Climate News
Antarctica’s ice shelves are the gatekeepers between the continent’s glaciers and the open ocean. As the planet warms, these shelves shrink, exposing more and more ice, which leads to more melting. This frozen continent rests under a massive ice sheet averaging more than a mile thick. But a recent study in Science Advances found that Antarctica had 68 ice shelves that shrunk significantly between 1997 and 2021, adding up to about 8.3 trillion tons lost during that time…