Sinking into Paradise: Climate Change Worsening Coastal Erosion in Trinidad
The coastline of Trinidad is under threat as seas rise, storms grow heavier, and as sand is washed away. Seas in the region have been rising by more than 2 millimeters every year — though scientists are still trying to pinpoint the role of climate change in accelerating local beach erosion.
How Coastal Real Estate Is Being Impacted By Climate Change
Accelerated sea-level rise and growing storm intensity, two widely studied effects of climate change, are giving the oceans a powerful edge in the age-old battle against continental shorelines. The impact is not only environmental, but economical.
Greenland Glacier Sheds Billions of Tonnes of Ice Into Ocean
A glacier in northeast Greenland that holds enough water to raise global sea levels by more than 18 inches (50 cms) has come unmoored from a stabilizing sill and is crumbling into the North Atlantic Ocean. Losing mass at a rate of 5 billion tons per year, glacier Zachariae Isstrom entered a phase of accelerated retreat in 2012.
Crescent Beach Arms Itself Against The Rising Sea, BC
Crescent Beach is a sleepy beachfront community thrust into battle. This sweeping ocean coastline with dramatic views of B.C.’s Boundary Bay has been home to people for nearly 3,000 years. Today’s residents find themselves besieged by climate change and its tidal onslaught.
Interactive Images Show Impact of Sea Level Rise on Global Icons
Long-term sea level rise set in motion by near-term carbon emissions threatens major coastal cities across the world. Climate Central presents projections of sea level rise that could be locked in following 2°C and 4°C of warming from carbon pollution in the coming decades. This pathway corresponds roughly to business as usual.
Megacities Hit Hard by Surging Sea Levels Even at 2C Rise: Study
Large swathes of Shanghai, Mumbai, New York and other cities will slip under the waves even if an upcoming climate summit limits global warming to two degrees Celsius, scientists reported Sunday.
Climate Change Could Create 100 million Poor, Over Half a Billion Homeless
Rising sea levels from unchecked carbon emissions could drive more than 100 million people into extreme poverty and submerge the homes of over half a billion, two new reports say.
A Tale of Two Northern European Cities: Meeting the Challenges of Sea Level Rise
For centuries, Rotterdam and Hamburg have had to contend with the threat of storm surges and floods.
Antarctic Coast Meltdown Could Trigger Ice-Sheet Collapse
Computer simulations suggest that unstable ice at continent’s edges eventually leads to metres of sea-level rise.