Arctic Melt Raises Sea Levels and Reinforces Global Warming
If you want to see global warming’s signature, look to the Arctic. Up north, the air is warming and the ice is melting. For two decades, scientists have predicted these things would happen as the Earth warms, and now we see that the Arctic is changing much as expected. Melting Arctic ice is also contributing significantly to sea level rise.
Salt Mapper For Climate Forecasts, NASA
Today’s scientists have learned that they can harness salt- this invaluable mineral- to foresee the future of Earth’s climate.
C40 Large Cities Climate Summit
A financing agreement with the World Bank to help the world’s major cities better adapt to climate change, has been reached a the fourth C40 summit, in Sao Paulo.
Climate Change Impacts in China
The received wisdom used to be that climate change would have relatively little impact on China. But that views seems outdated.
Australian Sea levels Set To Rise By Up To a Metre: Report
Sea levels will rise by more than three feet by the end of the century making severe coastal flooding a common factor of life in Australia if urgent action is not taken to limit climate change, a key report by a panel of climate scientists has found.
Seismic Shift? As Bahamas islands Sink, One Island Mysteriously Rises
All the islands in the Bahamas were thought to be slowly sinking, but now scientists made a surprise discovery of recent tectonic activity in a region that was up to now considered stable, finding one quirky isle going against the crowd.
Seaports Need a Plan for Weathering Climate Change, Researchers Say
A warming planet means rising oceans, but the majority of seaports around the world are unprepared for the potentially damaging impacts of climate change in the coming century, according to a new Stanford University study.
Action Needed to Manage Climate Change Risks: U.S. Response Should Be Durable, but Flexible, Experts Urge
The nation’s options for responding to the risks posed by climate change are analyzed in a new report and the final volume in America’s Climate Choices, a series of studies requested by Congress.
Vatican Science Panel Calls Attention to the Threat of Glacial Melt
A panel of some of the world’s leading climate and glacier scientists co-chaired by a Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego researcher issued a report commissioned by the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Sciences citing the moral imperative before society to properly address climate change.