Tag: sea-level rise
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Coral Skeletons Reveal Centuries of Rising Sea Levels
A new study published in the international journal Nature Communications has revealed how Western Australia’s coral reefs have been affected by changing ocean currents, rising sea surface temperatures and sea level variability. Scientists from The University of Western Australia (UWA), the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), CSIRO and the University of San Diego analyzed coral cores from…
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Study Finds Coastal Flooding From Sea Level Rise May Cost $100,000B Annually by 2100
Coastal regions may face massive increases in damages from storm surge flooding over the course of the twenty-first century. According to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, global average storm surge damages could increase from about $10-40 billion USD per year today to up to $100,000 billion USD per…
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Warming Ocean Biggest Driver of Antarctic Ice Melt
Bottom-up ice shelf melt, caused by warming oceans, could be the biggest contributor to ice shelf loss in Antarctica, according to a new study looking to shed light on the world’s most mysterious ice sheet …
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Do You Live In One of the 16 Cities at Risk of Climate Fueled Storm Surges?
A new report from CoreLogic details how 16 cities on the East and Gulf coasts of the U.S. might fare with sea-level rise and climate-fueled storm surges. The numbers are staggering. All told, 4.2 million homes are at risk of storm surges …