Some birds win and some lose with sea level rise, expert says
Global sea level rise is accelerating every year due to climate change, and it could threaten the very existence of some coastal bird species.
Global sea level rise is accelerating every year due to climate change, and it could threaten the very existence of some coastal bird species.
Plants & Animals
Jul 3, 2024
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Many Australians live in areas increasingly exposed to climate change and associated extreme weather such as floods, fires, coastal erosion, cyclones and extreme heat. If we wait for disasters to happen, hundreds of thousands ...
Environment
Jul 3, 2024
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Older coastal cities, like Philadelphia, New York and Boston are at risk of being inundated by untreated sewage during floods. Due in part to the design of their combined sewer systems and in part due to sea level rise, these ...
Environment
Jun 27, 2024
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Six projects proposed for San Diego's coastal areas are part of a comprehensive campaign to prepare every city neighborhood for the worst effects of climate change—wildfires, floods, extreme heat and sea-level rise.
Environment
Jun 26, 2024
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A new and worrying way that large ice sheets can melt has been characterized by scientists for the first time. The research focuses on how relatively warm seawater can lap at the underside of ground-based ice, which can accelerate ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 25, 2024
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The US state of Hawaii has reached an historic agreement in response to litigation by youth activists, promising to speed up the de-carbonization of its transport sector to protect their right to a safe and healthy climate.
Environment
Jun 21, 2024
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Barrier islands dot the landscape along Virginia's Eastern Shore, protecting the coastline from direct impacts of storms and sea-level rise. Made of sand, they are created and changed by environmental factors. But with climate ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 14, 2024
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It's like an unspoken social contract. When people choose to live in South Florida, they must make peace with the possibility that, thanks to hurricanes, there will be flooding and they may incur thousands of dollars to fix ...
Environment
Jun 14, 2024
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After cyclone gales tore down his home in 2007, Bangladeshi fisherman Abdul Aziz packed up what was left of his belongings and moved about half a kilometer inland, further away from storm surge waves.
Environment
Jun 14, 2024
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As climate change unleashes ever-more powerful storms, worsening floods and rising sea levels, San Francisco remains woefully unprepared for inundation, a civil grand jury determined in a report.
Environment
Jun 13, 2024
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