Superstorm Sandy brought flood-levels to the New York region that had not been seen in generations. Causing an estimated $74.1 billion in damages, it was the fourth-costliest U.S. storm behind Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and ...
Environment
Dec 3, 2020
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An Earth-observation satellite developed by European and US space agencies set to lift off Saturday will measure sea level rise, tracking changes threatening to disrupt tens of millions of lives within a generation.
Environment
Nov 20, 2020
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Some of the world's most valuable ecosystems are facing a "triple threat" to their long-term durability and survival, new research shows.
Environment
Nov 10, 2020
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Rising sea levels will affect coasts and human societies in complex and unpredictable ways, according to a new study that examined 12,000 years in which a large island became a cluster of smaller ones.
Environment
Nov 4, 2020
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An international team of coastal scientists has dismissed suggestions that half the world's beaches could become extinct over the course of the 21st century.
Earth Sciences
Oct 27, 2020
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Projections of potentially dramatic sea-level rise from ice-sheet melting in Antarctica have been wide-ranging, but a Rutgers-led team has created a model that enables improved projections and could help better address climate ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 7, 2020
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A new study found the spread of ghost forests across a coastal region of North Carolina may have implications for global warming. Ghost forests are areas where rising seas have killed off freshwater-dependent trees, leaving ...
Environment
Sep 28, 2020
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Sustained greenhouse gas emissions could see global sea levels rise nearly 40 centimetres this century as ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland continue to melt, a major international study concluded Thursday.
Environment
Sep 17, 2020
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Ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica whose melting rates are rapidly increasing have raised the global sea level by 1.8cm since the 1990s, and are matching the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's worst-case climate ...
Environment
Aug 31, 2020
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Greenland's massive ice sheet saw a record net loss of 532 billion tonnes last year, raising red flags about accelerating sea level rise, according to new findings.
Earth Sciences
Aug 21, 2020
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