It’s a bad day when the ocean moves into your living room.
The Greenland ice sheet is losing some 270 billion tons of ice each year, a new study finds
Knowing how much water gets melted into the oceans will help us estimate the impact of rising sea levels.
More than 13 million Americans could be at risk from sea level rise by 2100
A new study analyzing sea level rise forecasts as well as population growth projections found that we’ve underestimated just how many people would be impacted by rising waters. Anywhere from 4.3 to 13.1 million people from the US alone will face the risk of inundation by 2100, according to their estimate.
Fiji becomes the first country in the world to ratify the Paris climate deal
This Friday, the tiny island nation of Fiji put up a big flag on the map by becoming the first country in the world to ratify the UN climate deal put together last December at the Paris COP21.
Sea level rise of up to 1.6 meters projected for 2100
It is no longer a question if multi-meter sea level rises will happen, but only of when. According to the latest estimate from the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme it seems the accelerated climate change in the Arctic including a thaw of Greenland’s ice could raise world sea levels by up to 1.6 meters by 2100. “The past six years