sea level rise

Volunteers fight a wildfire in northeastern Siberia on July 17th. Heat waves in the Russian Arctic and boreal forests have fueled intense, widespread blazes that can damage trees and release enormous amounts of stored carbon dioxide from forests and perma

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Climate Scientists Meet As Floods, Fires, Droughts And Heat Waves Batter Countries

6:53am July 26, 2021

by Rebecca Hersher

Hundreds of scientists are meeting to finalize a landmark climate report. It's meant to guide the next decade of international climate policy, but it's unclear if politicians will act on it.

Streets and homes flooded in Newport Beach, Calif., during a high tide in July 2020. So-called sunny day floods are getting more common in coastal cities and towns as sea levels rise due to climate change.

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There's Not A Cloud In The Sky, But Your House Could Still Be Underwater

1:00pm July 15, 2021

by Rebecca Hersher

Coastal areas are seeing a steady increase in high tide flooding. Scientists warn the problem is accelerating as the Earth gets hotter. And a little wobble in the Moon's orbit isn't helping.

A woman drives through floodwater during heavy rainfall in Miami. A new study predicts that high tide flooding in coastal areas could increase in frequency because of climate change and the lunar cycle in the mid-2030s.

A Study Predicts Record Flooding In The 2030s, And It's Partly Because Of The Moon

6:27pm July 14, 2021

by Josie Fischels

Researchers say high tide flooding in U.S. coastal regions will become more frequent in the mid-2030s because of climate change, amplified by a routine wobble in the moon's orbit.

Coastal communities are racing to restore marshes, like these in San Francisco Bay, to provide a barrier against storm surges and rising seas.

Got Mud? For Coastal Cities, Humble Dirt Has Become A Hot Commodity

8:00am May 01, 2021

by Lauren Sommer

Coastal communities will need massive amounts of mud and dirt to protect their shorelines from rising seas. One federal agency has it, but most is disposed of instead of reused.

State Sen. Ben Allen has proposed legislation that he thinks will help California deal with the threat of rising seas.

California Has A New Idea For Homes At Risk From Rising Seas: Buy, Rent, Retreat

4:08pm March 30, 2021

by Nathan Rott

Sea level rise is threatening billions in coastal property. A California lawmaker is proposing a novel way to retreat from the threat: buying and renting out properties as long as they're habitable.

Shipping workers recorded the tide levels beginning in 1854 at St. George's Dock in Liverpool, England, creating valuable records for future scientists.

How Fast Are Oceans Rising? The Answer May Be In Century-Old Shipping Logs

7:10am March 01, 2021

by Lauren Sommer

A century ago, the shipping industry recorded the daily ebb and flow of tides. Now, those records are becoming crucial for forecasting how fast sea levels are rising in a warming climate.

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Pastor Aaron Trigg fielded calls from his displaced congregants for months after the flood. "A lot of people in Rainelle were poor, and they didn't have any insurance. They didn't have any way to have any backup plan." With no money to repair their homes,

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A Looming Disaster: New Data Reveal Where Flood Damage Is An Existential Threat

11:53am February 22, 2021

More than 4 million homes face substantial risk of expensive flood damage, a research organization says. Communities where flood insurance is already unaffordable face potentially catastrophic damage.

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This illustration shows the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft in orbit above Earth with its deployable solar panels extended. As the world's latest ocean-monitoring satellite, it will collect the most accurate data yet on global sea level and how our

NASA Satellite To Measure Global Sea Level Rise

8:58am November 19, 2020

by Rebecca Hersher

Space is the best place — maybe the only place — to get a complete picture of how climate change is affecting the Earth's oceans. And what happens in the ocean does not stay in the ocean.

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Warming oceans are melting the ice around Antarctica, accelerating how much ice flows off the continent.

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Antarctica And Greenland Are Losing Thousands Of Gigatons of Ice — That's A Lot

3:47pm April 30, 2020

by Lauren Sommer

A new NASA satellite is providing a detailed look at how much polar ice is melting, raising sea levels around the world.

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Historic US Towns Endured Wars, Storms. What About Sea Rise?

11:23am December 05, 2019

by Associated Press, Jeffrey Collins