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Sea ice still declining, despite Antarcticas gains
2015-02-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: When Antarctica grabbed headlines last year because of record-high sea ice levels circling the southernmost continent, it created confusion. Its increase was so at odds with the trend of dwindling sea ice, particularly in the Arctic, that it prompted those skeptical of the science of climate change to suggest it meant ocean ice is not disappearing. But research shows that ice lost in the Arctic dwarfs any gains around Antarctica, as a recent study in the Journal of Climate clearly illustrates...
Millions at risk from rapid sea rise in swampy Sundarbans
2015-02-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The tiny hut sculpted out of mud at the edge of the sea is barely large enough for Bokul Mondol and his family to lie down. The water has taken everything else from them, and one day it almost certainly will take this, too. Saltwater long ago engulfed the 5 acres where Mondol once grew rice and tended fish ponds, as his ancestors had on Bali Island for some 200 years. His thatch-covered hut, built on public land, is the fifth he has had to build in the last five years as the sea creeps in. "Every...
Miami already sinking under rising sea level
2015-02-18 19:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: You dont have to look 85 years into the future to see what a sinking world looks like - you only need to look as far as Miami. Climate scientists have been warning the world about sea-level rise for years, pleading with governments to cut back on carbon lest all our coastal cities go the way of Venice. In 2014, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its fifth Assessment Report, predicting that oceans would rise more than three feet by 2100. Those projections make for some alarming...
Rising sea levels and temperatures ahead for NYC
2015-02-18 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Observer: By the year 2100, the city is likely to be hotter and rainier, with climbing sea levels putting coastal regions more at risk of floods and storms like deadly Hurricane Sandy, according to a report from the New York City Panel on Climate Change released today. "Hurricane Sandy certainly highlighted a lot of our vulnerabilities to these kinds of risks, certainly around sea level rise and coastal storms," Director of the Mayors Office of Recovery and Resiliency Daniel Zarrilli said at an afternoon...
Satellites gauge dangerous rising sea levels due to climate change
2015-02-15 03:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tribune: John Swigert: OK, Houston, weve had a problem here. Houston: This is Houston. Say again please. Jim Lovell: Houston, weve had a problem. That famous and chilling conversation by the crew of Apollo 13 aboard their ill-fated spacecraft could very well describe the Earths condition at this time. Today, we are seeing rising sea levels from global warming that can have devastating consequences. The rising seas combined with waves generated by high winds, storm surges, storm runoff...
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