Pacific sea level predicts global temperature changes
The amount of sea level rise in the Pacific Ocean can be used to estimate future global surface temperatures, according to a new report led by University of Arizona geoscientists.
Climate change will redraw Louisiana’s flood risk maps
There is a lot of water in southern Louisiana right now. But the climate science prognosis doesn’t look good. This is the eighth time in about a year that 500-year rainfall has hammered the U.S., and climate change will make extreme weather events like this more common.
Hamma Seawater Desalination: Honored for Its Impact on Life in Algiers
Algerian Energy Company, which owns the Hamma seawater desalination plant, was presented with the 2016 Impact Award. The largest desalination plant in Africa at the time it was built in 2008, the Hamma Seawater Desalination Plant was the first reverse osmosis desalination plant in Africa to be funded by public and private investment.
Global Economy Becoming Less Energy Intense
The amount of coal, oil, gas and renewable energy used by the global economy is falling quickly, a clear sign that economic growth is having less of an impact on climate change than in the past, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Global climate breaks new records January to June 2016
Global temperatures for the first six months of this year shattered yet more records, and mean that 2016 is on track to be the world’s hottest year on record. Arctic sea ice melted early and fast, another indicator of climate change. Carbon dioxide levels, which are driving global warming, have reached new highs.
How Growing Sea Plants Can Help Slow Ocean Acidification
Researchers are finding that kelp, eelgrass, and other vegetation can effectively absorb CO2 and reduce acidity in the ocean. Growing these plants in local waters, scientists say, could help mitigate the damaging impacts of acidification on marine life.
More than 160 years of Walrus Haulout Observations Reported by Russians and Americans Published as Database
Walruses are marine predators that must rest out of water on sea ice or the coast between feedings along the shallow arctic sea floor. However in recent years, loss of summer sea ice has forced walruses to travel to the Arctic coasts of the U.S. and Russia where they haul-out on shore to rest. When hauling out on the coast, they often gather in large numbers and use specific locations, where they may be vulnerable to disturbance and pollution events.
Water world: rising tides close in on Trump, the climate change denier
Climate change has barely registered as a 2016 campaign issue, but in Florida, the state which usually decides the presidential election, the waters are lapping at the doors of Donald Trump’s real estate empire.
Thirty Million, a documentary from Raw Cinematics
Thirty Million People. A statistic. But this statistic is made up of individuals. Thirty Million is a 35 minute documentary on the effects sea-level rise and climate change will have on the people of Bangladesh.