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Showing posts with label IV III Rising Seas. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

The Earth Is Warming Faster Now Than It Has in 11000 Years. Slate Magazine

The Earth Is Warming Faster Now Than It Has in 11000 Years

Slate Magazine (blog) - ‎2 hours ago‎
Mind you, this is the rate of warming, how quickly the global temperature is increasing. But they also showed the actual temperature of the planet is warmer now than it has been for 70-80 percent of the past over that time period. There have been times ...

Sunday, February 24, 2013

***** Cool! Your Carbon, but not Your CHILDREN! Climate change forcing thousands in Bangladesh into slums of Dhaka.

Climate change forcing thousands in Bangladesh into slums of Dhaka. Climate change is expected to trigger a migration like no other. Experts expect about 250 million people worldwide to move by 2050. Of those, 20 to 30 million climate change refugees are expected to be in Bangladesh, likely the largest number from one place. Toronto Star

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Cities to avoid as sea levels rise.

Cities to avoid as sea levels rise. Sydney, Tokyo and Buenos Aires watch out. These cities will experience some of the greatest sea level rises by 2100, according to one of the most comprehensive predictions to date. New ScientistC

Saturday, January 26, 2013

How high could the tide go? NYT

How high could the tide go? The question of just how high the oceans might rise in a warmer world has taken on new urgency in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, which caused coastal flooding that scientists say was almost certainly worsened by the modest rise of sea level over the past century. New York Times

Friday, January 18, 2013

Sea Levels Could Rise Substantially More Than Previous IPCC Reports Have Predicted. Planetsave

Posted: 07 Jan 2013 12:54 AM PST
The seas of the world could rise substantially more in the future than has been previously predicted in IPCC reports. This is primarily because the the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are likely going to melt considerably more than was previously estimated by the IPCC, new research from the University of Bristol has found.
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Friday, October 5, 2012

Food Is the New Oil and Land the New Gold: Lester Brown CNBC.com

Food Is the New Oil and Land the New Gold: Lester Brown

CNBC.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
... the Arab Spring. There's no sign of widespread food riots now but eventually there could be, says Lester Brown, president and founder of the Earth Policy Institute and author of the new book "Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Climate change threatens Atlantic seashores USA TODAY

Study: Climate change threatens Atlantic seashores

USA TODAY - ‎22 minutes ago‎
Climate change is already hurting seven national seashores on the Atlantic Coast and threatens to submerge some of their land within a century, according to a report Wednesday by environmental groups.

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Zanzibar Strives to Protect Its Forests and Coast From Climate Change AllAfrica.com

Zanzibar Strives to Protect Its Forests and Coast From Climate Change

AllAfrica.com -
By Issa Yussuf, 22 April 2012 Zanzibar - Zanzibar department of environment with support from Norway has organized a workshop to raise awareness on the impact of climate change on the islands and forests. The climate change and Reducing Emissions from ...

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Global Warming on a Roll at the Poles: Increased Melting, Cracking & Splitting Huffington Post


Global Warming on a Roll at the Poles: Increased Melting, Cracking & Splitting

Huffington Post -
Bottom line: our warming globe is depleting the South Pole's ice cap faster than it can be replenished. Traditionally, as ice slowly moves out to sea, it bunches up and creates a bottleneck that acts as a doorstop to impede the ice's flow (Check out ...

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Ice sheet collapse led to 42' sea level rise TG Daily


Ice sheet collapse led to dramatic sea level rise

TG Daily - 
Scientists studying coral off the coast of Tahiti have linked a collapse of the world's ice sheets 14600 years ago to a sudden 14-meter rise in global sea-levels.