For those of you who are in Georgia, you might be interested in this new web site recently introduced by the Georgia Climate Project. You can see it at https://www.georgiaclimateproject.org/portal/. This portal is intended to provide resources to address how climate change is affecting different sectors of Georgia’s economy and…
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The Charleston Post and Courier has been running a series of informative stories about how sea level rise is affecting their city. Their impacts are similar to what other coastal cities can expect to experience over the next few decades, some sooner than others. There are links in these stories…
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Massive Science posted a timely story about how rising sea levels are endangering small towns along the Louisiana coast. The price of saving one town–a staggering billion dollars. How do we decide which areas to save and which to abandon as the sea level continues to rise? In the case…
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In recent years, we have seen an increase in the number of extreme rainfall events as well as an increase in the number of dry periods. This is causing a lot of problems for oysters in the Gulf of Mexico, which depend on water that is not too salty and…
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A new set of maps produced by the research and technology nonprofit First Street Foundation shows that FEMA estimates of areas prone to flooding may be underestimating the number of properties that are at risk by as much as 6 million, which would bring the total number to 14.6 million,…
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As sea levels continue to rise with warmer oceans and melting ice sheets, we are likely to see big changes along the coastal areas. One thing that is likely to happen is a reduction in coastal mangrove swamps, which currently help protect coastal areas in Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. Some…
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Yale Climate Connections had an interesting story this week about how warmer ocean temperatures and more acidification are affecting folks who harvest clams along the Georgia coast. The producer interviewed in the radio story said that every time their production area closes, he loses three weeks of income waiting for…
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