New Government website shows how much sea levels have risen
Yesterday, the US government announced the first-ever interagency sea level rise website. It’s a result of the work of the US Interagency Task Force on Sea Level Change. The website is called US Sea Level Change.
Understanding Antarctica's contribution to sea level rise
Over the next decades to centuries, will melting of the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS)—Earth's largest ice mass—cause global sea level to rise by five meters, two meters or less?
NASA Helps Build New Federal Sea Level Rise Website
Designed to be user-friendly, the resource contains the latest sea level data, explainers, and other information from several U.S. agencies.
Rising to the challenge of sea level rise
Globally, the sea is rising. This is a direct consequence of global warming, caused by melting ice in places like Greenland and Antarctica, and the expansion of seawater as it warms. The United Nations reports,
Vast France building project sunk by sea level rise fears
An ambitious housing project in the northwestern French city of Caen has run aground over worries that rising waters driven by climate change could make the area unlivable within the century. Conceived in the early 2010s,
Galveston a 'proving ground' for sea-level rise, federal study shows
The National Wildlife Federation's Texas Living Waters project found climate change could cause Galveston Island sea levels to rise as many as 8 feet by 2100.
Sinking Tuvalu fights to keep maritime boundaries as sea levels rise
Tuvalu’s prime minister will ask U.N. members to support its push for permanent recognition of its maritime boundaries and ...
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Clearwater is planning for extreme heat, sea level rise and flooding in the decades to come
A digital twin of Clearwater was built to determine climate risk, while inputting commuter data, such as traffic.
Sea Level Rise Uncertainty? Scientists Uncover Missing Piece in Current Predictions
Researchers have discovered a new mechanism for how ice layers form in ice sheets, improving predictions of meltwater's ...
Scientists say melting Antarctic iceberg poses major sea level threat
An Antarctic glacier could cause global sea levels to rise to devastating levels if it collapses, a team of scientists from ...
Shutes Folly and Castle Pinckney are succumbing to erosion and sea-level rise. Can they be saved?
Shutes Folly Island is rapidly eroding. It would cost millions to preserve Castle Pinckney, an old fort on the island used by ...
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Arctic sea ice extent levels off; 2024 minimum set
Arctic sea ice likely reached its annual minimum extent of 4.28 million square kilometers (1.65 million square miles). The ...
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Coastlines affected by sea level change
During an ice age, the build-up of ice presses down on the land and the sea level drops. When the ice melts there is a rapid and significant rise in sea level and the land rises up. The ...