Over 70% of the world’s aquifers could be tainted by 2100
Over 2.5 billion people depend on aquifers for fresh water, but rising seas and climate change are pushing saltwater into ...
Tag: sea level rise
Florida tree cactus is the first extinction victim of rising seas in the United States
The Key Largo tree cactus succumbs to climate change. More are surely to come, scientists warn.
4 Astonishing Ocean Insights That Reveal the Depth of Its Challenges
The ocean is a lifeline, driving climate and supporting biodiversity. Yet, with rising sea levels and increasing acidification, its future ...
Beaches and dunes are under assault — and our cities are the culprits
Researchers call for further protection by designating natural reserves
Satellite data shows that the Earth’s glaciers are melting faster than ever before
This doesn't make it high on the idealio scale.
Climate change is causing sea levels to rise faster than previously thought
It's worse than even the most pessimistic estimates.
Climate change could flood thousands of affordable houses in the US by 2050
Not everyone is affected on the same way by climate change.
Melting ice sheets could add 40cm to global sea level rise
The growing pace of climate change is altering the ice balance in Greenland and Antarctica.
The planet has lost 28 trillion tons of ice in less than 30 years, study finds
Under current trends, we're looking at a one-meter rise in sea levels by 2100.
Dams have helped to limit sea-level rise, study finds
This doesn't mean building more now would work, though.
Mangrove forests could be gone by 2050 if sea levels continue to rise
The forests would be in danger if the sea level rises more than six millimeters per year
As sea level rises in Europe, setting up defenses would save money in the long-run
Study looked at the costs of protecting coastal communities compared to benefits throughout Europe.
Sea level rise could endanger three times more people than previously expected
About 110 million worldwide live below the high-tide level.
Sea level rise could threaten 300,000 US coastal homes, in the “business-as-usual” scenario
A problem that will certainly strike close to home for many people.
Sea level rise is accelerating, could lead to twice as much sea level rise by 2100 than previously expected
Sea levels aren't only rising, they're doing so at an accelerating rate.
Rising seas risk washing tens of thousands archaeological sites clean off the map in the US alone
Children in the future will have a much soggier view of their roots.
Why sea levels around Finland and Sweden are dropping while the rest of the world is drowning
Earth is not a bathtub and some places actually experience a sea level drop due to climate change.
Society will buckle under 2 billion climate-refugees by 2100 as rising oceans displace whole cities
The short of it keeps popping up in all kinds of studies: stop emissions!
Global sea levels rose 50% faster than two decades ago because of Greenland’s melting ice sheet
The cost of non-action could be dramatic by the end of the century.
Real extent of sea level rise obscured by 1991 massive volcano eruption
How a volcano may have hidden sea level rise all this time.
More than 13 million Americans could be at risk from sea level rise by 2100
A new study analyzing sea level rise forecasts as well as population growth projections found that we've underestimated just how ...
Sea levels rise at fastest rate since the founding of Roman empire
A study ten years in the making found that sea levels are rising at the fastest rate in the last ...
How rising sea levels will affect US: Miami and New Orleans underwater by 2100
A study assessed how sea level rise at the hand of global warming will affect coastal populations in the United ...
Climate change will raise sea levels by 20 feet – and this is no surprise
The media is abuzz with disturbing headlines, warning us that even reduced levels of global warming will cause massive sea ...
America’s first climate change refugees: Hundreds forced to flee their Alaska village before it goes underwater
It's hard to find Kivalina on the map as it is, but soon it will be impossible - the place ...
Some 1,700 US cities under threat of going under-water by 2100
According to a recently published in the journal PNAS, some 1,700 cities in the United States coastal areas are under ...
Natural defenses work wonders in limiting coastal damage
Reefs, dunes and marshes - these are the key allies in protecting the threatened lives and property against storm surges ...
Climate Change Threatens Drinking Water
As sea levels rise coastal communities could lose up to 50 percent more of their fresh water supplies than previously ...
