To stop or reverse sea-level rise, incoming solar radiation would have to be decreased rapidly—an approach that would also produce rapid cooling. "While abrupt cooling may sound like a good idea, it could be more damaging than the increasing tempera...

NASA recently posted a press release about an upcoming expedition to Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf, a key piece of real estate in Antarctica that's slipping into the ocean at an increasingly worrisome pace. This month, in fact, an aircraft participat...

Study predicts sea level rise may take economic toll on California coast Public release date: 13-Sep-2011[ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Elaine Bibleebible@sfsu.edu415-405-3606San Francisco State University California beach towns could face hefty ec...

'A Second Glance' is valuable tool for regional managers and the public August 8, 2011 The Gulf of Mexico at a Glance: A Second Glance features economic and ecological highlights about the Gulf of Mexico's ecosystem, economy, and coastal communities....

New study examines how El Niño in cold months affected water levels over past 50 years July 15, 2011 A new NOAA study found coastal areas along the East Coast could be more vulnerable to storm surges and sea level rise in future El Nino years. Hig...

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Much has been made in AGW circles of the sea level forecast of Vermeer and Rahmstorf, in “Global sea level linked to global temperature” (V&R2009).  Their estimate of forecast sea level rise was much larger tha...

Published: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - 12:37 in Earth & Climate Related images(click to enlarge) Alex Gardner Angus Duncan Angus Duncan Melting glaciers and ice caps on Canadian Arctic islands play a much greater role in sea level rise th...

Multi-meter sea level rise is now pretty much a certainty, even if the timescale is still very much up for debate and influenced by how much and how quickly we can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Another wrinkle in the scenario is how some places at s...

Published: Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 09:38 in Earth & Climate Cities worldwide are failing to take necessary steps to protect residents from the likely impacts of climate change, even though billions of urban dwellers are vulnerable to heat waves...

TEXAS A&M (US) — Changing global climate due to ongoing warming will present national and homeland security challenges requiring the U.S. military to adopt new ways of doing business worldwide. A new report, issued by the National Research Counci...

Most of the world's mountain glaciers and small ice caps will disappear or shrivel dramatically by the end of the century, with Alaska glaciers and...

From sea level rise, to extreme weather, to desertification, the US has among the highest risk for damages. Photo: US Army/Creative Commons. Each year there are 350,000 people dying due to climate change, with a total death toll by 2020 of five milli...

According to Mark Lynas, the author of Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet,  and as reported in The Guardian...

Very important news about new evidence of a dramatic rise in sea level was published ...

Some say that climate change will affect us only in the far future and that we really don't have to worry about it in our lifetime. I suggest that you ...

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