Coastal
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NASA reported today that the last remaining section of the Larson B ice shelf in Antarctica, which partially collapsed in 2002, appears to be weakening and could break up into hundreds of icebergs by the end of the decade (link). This ice shelf, which has lasted for at least the last 12,000 years, has been…
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NewSecurityBeat.com had a lengthy article at the end of March discussing the politics of water in Florida and how changes in drought and flood frequency are expected to put even more strain on the water delivery systems there in the future in a warmer climate. Because of Florida’s unique geology, including its low elevation and…
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The National Hurricane Center announced this week that they are going to add prototype storm surge warnings to their suite of products for tropical storm and hurricane warnings. This will allow people in low-lying areas to more effectively prepared for possible inundation and make plans to evacuate. You can read more at https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/news/20150318_pa_2015seasonChanges.pdf.
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Yahoo News published a story this week on new estimates of global sea level rise based on a paper published yesterday in Nature. The new research shows that since 1990 sea levels are rising 2.5 times faster than in the time period 1900-1990. This is a concern to people living along coastlines because assuming that…
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There are climate stories in the news almost every day. Here are three that I thought were especially interesting this week. Men’s Journal provided a balanced discussion of GMOs and their place in agriculture. I’m not going to discuss the GMO controversy (other than to note that this is a topic that, like vaccination and…
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The Washington Post printed an article this week that discussed the costs of protecting homes or buying out homeowners for coastal properties that flood repeatedly at high tides. Based on estimates from five cities along the East Coast in Virginia, the costs to compensate homeowners for homes with “repetitive losses” that are insured under the…
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Savannah Now published an article discussing the increase in coastal flooding during especially high tides, and notes that this type of flooding is becoming more common as sea levels rise. The sea levels across the world are rising from a combination of expansion of warmer ocean water and melting of ice sheets in the Arctic. …