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Tag: Sea Level Rise

Global sea level rose higher than expected last year. Here’s why – the Washington Post

Single frame from NASA animation shows the rise in global mean sea level from 1993 to 2024 (by Mark SubbaRao, visualizer (NASA/GSFC) and Benjamin Hamlington, scientist (NASA/JPL) based on data from a series of five international satellites. Courtesy of NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio, public domain).

The rate of global sea level rise follows a trend of rapidly increasing rates over the past 30 years…

A city looked at the sea as a blessing. It’s now sinking into it – the Independent

Washed Away, 2008 (by Nasha Ila CC BY-NC-SA 2.0via Flickr).

The ocean has now become an existential threat…

A coastal California community is sliding 4 inches a week toward the ocean – SFGate

NASA’s UAVSAR airborne radar instrument captured data in fall 2024 showing the motion of landslides on the Palos Verdes Peninsula following record-breaking rainfall in Southern California in 2023 and another heavy-precipitation winter in 2024. Darker red indicates faster motion. (courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory via JetPopulsionLab website).

Residents in scenic communities along the coast of Southern California have known for years that the Palos Verdes Peninsula is prone to landslides, but new research from NASA reveals a startling speed at which the Los Angeles subregion is shifting into the sea. …

India’s Huge Artificial Reef Rollout May Cause More Harm Than Good – Dialogue Earth | The Maritime Executive

Kasimedu fishing harbour (by Aravindan Genesan CC BY 2.0 via Flickr).

Thousands of planned artificial reefs may not increase fish populations, and could exacerbate coastal erosion…

Mexican fishers relocate in wake of sea level rise, raising job concerns – Mongabay

Satellite view of the fishing village of el Bosque in Tabasco, Mexico (Imagery © TerraMetrics, Map data © Google, INEGI via Google Maps).

The isolated Pacific nation is trying to build its first football team amid a battle for survival against rising sea levels…

Marshall Islands’ vanishing kit for a team under threat from climate crisis – the Guardian

Aerial view of Majuro, one of the many atolls that make up the Marshall Islands (By Christopher Michel CC BY 2.0 via wikimedia).

The isolated Pacific nation is trying to build its first football team amid a battle for survival against rising sea levels…

Restoring Fantasy Island in Hillsborough Bay, one oyster shell at a time – WUSF | NPR

Oyster Reef Balls (courtesy of Chesapeake Bay Program CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr).

Volunteers have been busy building up natural seawalls on one of the spoil islands in the middle of the bay. They’re helping restore part of one of the most important rookeries in the state…

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…

Home collapses into ocean in North Carolina’s Outer Banks. It’s the 6th time this year – USA Today

Rodanthe Beach, North Carolina: latest collapsed house was at the end of Surfside Drive (Google Earth imagery by Airbus, Maxar Technologies 2024).

A North Carolina coastal storm sent a home into the ocean off the Outer Banks island of Hatteras overnight Friday, marking the sixth house collapse in the area this year.

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