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Sea Levels Are on the Rise, and It’s Not Looking Good

The rate at which ice is melting at the most vulnerable spots on Earth is a cause for concern. This melting coupled with warmer waters is putting coastal areas in danger of increased incidents of flooding, and that flooding being more dangerous. By 2030, in extreme scenarios, the coastal U.S. could see flooding increase 25-fold.

January 27, 2017
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No 'Pause' in Global Warming: Oceans Heating Up and Sea Levels Rising at Alarming Pace

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UC-Berkeley climate scientist Zeke Hausfather details the findings of a new report that confirms NOAA findings about climate change.

January 10, 2017
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The Antarctic Ice Sheet Is Breaking Apart From the Inside, Adding to Rising Sea Levels

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A huge 583-square-kilometer (225-square-mile) iceberg broke off of the Pine Island Glacier, part of the ice shelf that bounds the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Evidence suggests that the glacier is breaking apart from the inside and, even worse, a second inland rift is forming.

November 29, 2016
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Marshall Islands Poet to U.N. Climate Summit: At 2 Degrees, My Islands Will Already Be Under Water

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Among the poets from around the world who came to the U.N. climate summit in Morocco to highlight the impacts of climate change and inspire climate action was Marshall Islands poet

November 18, 2016
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Global sea levels are rising fast, so where does that leave the cities most at risk?

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The severe risk of climate change and rising sea levels on urban areas has not been addressed in the UN’s proposed New Urban Agenda, so flood-risk cities will have to learn

October 14, 2016
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