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Time to Sell That Ocean Front Property? New Study on Sea Level Rise

June 20, 2011 by Scott Edward Anderson
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  Could Calvin Be Underwater?The rate of sea level rise along the U.S. Atlantic coast is greater now than at any time in the past 2,000 years, according to a new study published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The study suggests a consistent link between changes in global mean... [read more]

Coastal studies experts: “For coastal management purposes, a [sea level] rise of 7 feet (2 meters) should be utilized for planning major infrastructure”

November 14, 2010 by Joseph Romm
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The New York Times has a splashy front-page story on some of the latest research on sea level rise today.  The graphics above make clear the paper gets a big part of the story right — the latest science says we are facing 3 to 6 feet of sea level rise this century. Kudos to the NYT for featuring such an important story.  Given... [read more]

The real issue

October 28, 2010 by David Hone
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As CO2 levels in the atmosphere continue to rise (and given the current state of global action they could quite possibly go on rising for much of this century) we hear a great deal about storms and droughts but not a huge amount about the really difficult issue that most countries face, rising sea levels. [read more]

Sealevelgate

March 11, 2010 by Lou Grinzo
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Stefan Rahmstorf has an exceelent post on RealClimate about the curiously low sea level rise projection in the latest IPCC report, Sealevelgate: Imagine this. In its latest report, the IPCC has predicted up to 3 meters of sea level rise by the end of this century. But “climate sceptics” websites were quick to reveal a few problems (... [read more]

NATURE: Sea level rise may exceed worst expectations

December 17, 2009 by Rebecca Lutzy
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Just when you thought the news in Copenhagen couldn't get worse, a brand new paper released in Nature suggests that the polar ice sheets are more vulnerable to global warming than previously feared.  2 degrees Celsius of global warming could commit us to 6-9 meters (20-30 feet) of long-term sea level rise. The study is based on an... [read more]

Buy, Bye, Gaia, hate to sea you go

July 7, 2009 by Jonathan Smith
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It has been a while since this blog ranted about destabilizing feedback. So, let’s step off-screen, shall we, and pull in James Lovelock, father of the Gaia Theory. In an interview with the New Scientist, Lovelock explained that his latest book, The Vanishing Face of Gaia, examines five dreaded positive feedback loops. Those processes... [read more]

The Rising Sea on HDTV

February 24, 2008 by Jonathan Smith
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Subtitle: CAUTION: Floridians, Please Don Your Depends Before Viewing Remy Chevalier relays announcement of a one hour HDTV Special, entitled “The Rising Sea“. CHANGE IS EVERYWHERE The stakes are rising in the debate over climate change, fueled by rapidly retreating glaciers around the world, a record freeze in Europe, punishing... [read more]

Amazing AP article on sea level rise

September 22, 2007 by Joseph Romm
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The AP just released the following story:Global warming — through a combination of melting glaciers, disappearing ice sheets and warmer waters expanding — is expected to cause oceans to rise by one meter, or about 39 inches. It will happen regardless of any future actions to curb greenhouse gases, several leading scientists say. And it... [read more]