Hurricane Dorian caused catastrophic damage to parts of the Bahamas when it basically parked over the islands for several days in 2019. The amount of surface destruction it caused was unbelievable. But what researchers have recently found was that it also destroyed about 30 percent of the coral reefs…
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Messaging is an important part of how weather risks, climate science and changing climate are communicated to the public. But it can be hard to pick the most effective way to communicate these messages. A recent survey of residents of coastal South Florida shows that it can be difficult to…
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If you live along the north coast of the Gulf of Mexico, you may be interested in viewing some 2-page fact sheets for federal lands there. They were produced by researchers supported by the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center and describe the effects of rising sea levels and other trends…
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Cities borrow money by selling municipal bonds. A story this week in the Post and Courier in Charleston SC notes that finance companies are now starting to ask coastal cities are planning for climate change. The interest rates at which they can borrow money are starting to be affected these…
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This week I ran across a story about Antarctic ice sheets and how a collapse of one of the sheets in the Western Antarctic could result in rapidly rising sea levels. While this story is about a year old, it was new to me and provided more context about how…
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Sea surface temperatures are rising due to the trapping of heat in the atmosphere caused by burning of fossil fuels and the increase in greenhouse gases. I’ve seen several articles recently which describe how the warmer oceans is hurting commercial fishing around the world. It is to be expected that…
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If you’ve followed the news lately, you know that parts of the Florida Keys have been underwater for weeks due to very high sea levels enhanced by king tides. The tides are occurring naturally but are occurring more often due to rising sea levels caused by warming ocean water and…
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