Ice Loss & Sea Level Rise
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Today’s King Tides Could Become Vancouver’s ‘High Tide of 2050’
Parts of Vancouver’s iconic sea wall were temporary submerged last Thursday, after a king tide raised False Creek water levels 50 centimetres above normal. ... -
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Latest Urgent Climate Assessments ‘Largely Ignore’ Risk of Warming-Induced Feedbacks
Three recent studies pointing to the urgent need for climate action still underestimate the risk of “self-reinforcing feedbacks” that will begin rapidly warming the ... -
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Regions Could Face Up to Six Climate Threats at Once by 2100
The risks and hazards associated with climate change are already coming in combination, and some parts of the world could face as many as ... -
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U.S. Climate Assessment Shows Impacts ‘Intensifying Across the Country’
The effects of climate change in the United States are “intensifying across the country” and will soon add up to hundreds of billions of ... -
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‘Carbon-Free’ Virtual Forum Demands 1.5°C Action for World’s Most Vulnerable Nations
The Climate Vulnerable Forum completed the world’s first-ever zero-emissions climate summit this week, a day-long virtual meeting that challenged the inevitably more carbon-intensive COP ... -
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Shift from Rice Farming to Aquaculture Could Help Bangladesh Adapt to Rising Seas
A shift from rice cultivation to aquaculture might be the adaptation strategy that enables an estimated 200,000 farmers in Bangladesh to stay on their ... -
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Storms, Flooding Kill Six Across Northern Italy, Flood 70% of Historic Venice
About 70% of Venice was flooded earlier this week by the highest tides in at least a decade, with a regional weather system driving ... -
UN Maritime Body Bogs Down on Rapid Carbon Cuts
In April, the International Maritime Organization drew praise for committing to at least halving the sector’s emissions by 2050. But as negotiators got down to the ... -
Dramatic Loss of Yukon Glaciers Affects Water Sources Downstream
The Yukon Territory’s massive glaciers are declining even faster than climate models have predicted, prompting the Canadian Alpine Club to push for wider public ... -
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Intense Hurricane Obliterates Hawaiian Island
A 4.5-hectare Hawaiian island was literally wiped off the map forever when Hurricane Walaka swept through the region earlier this month, just a couple ...
