#Sea level rise

Author: Carolyn Gramling / Source: Science News Sea level rise over the next century won’t get a feared boost from Antarctic ice cliffs crumbling into the ocean like dominoes, a new study suggests. The finding, published February 7 in Nature, is based on a new statistical analysis showing that

Author: Stephen Ornes / Source: Science News for Students Around the world, rising seas pose a major threat to coastal communities. Flooding will likely become worse, damaging buildings where people live and work. People who reside near the ocean have to change the way they live and build, or get

Content originally published at iBankCoin.com I will not pretend to be a scientist in this blog, or even claim to know the very first thing about global warming or lack thereof. I am more interested in human narratives, how they are woven, and the basis from which they were formed. Just like in

We Are All Going to Die From Coastal Flooding* * Those having net worths of $10MM or more need not read. via Soren K Group and Marketslant The opinion piece at bottom is by Dr. Joe Romm, a Founding Editor of Climate Progress, “the indispensable blog,” as NY Times columnist Tom Friedman describes

Source: mentalfloss.com The floating ice shelves that buttress Antarctica are less icy than we thought, it turns out. They’re filled with flowing water. New research published in the scientific journal Nature maps the extensive network of meltwater from Antarctica’s ice sheets and found that,