Ice Loss & Sea Level Rise
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Study of Climate Tipping Points Shows Need for Rapid Carbon Cuts
A new study concludes it may still be possible to temporarily exceed the environmental “tipping points” that would signal a drastic deepening of the ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatCanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationFood SecurityHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJurisdictions
Greening Arctic Brings Added Danger, Uncertainty to Labrador Communities
Residents of northern Labrador are having to tackle a new set of miseries as climate change delivers fog, gale-force winds, exploding black fly and ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsUnited States
North America Hit Hardest as Glacier Melt Doubles over 20 Years
A new study has used millions of satellite images to generate the clearest picture yet of the world’s glaciers and concludes they’re getting smaller, ... -
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Climate Impacts Could Cost Canada $140 Billion by 2050, Insurance Giant Warns
Canada will be more than $100 billion poorer by 2050 if the world doesn’t work harder to fight climate change, says one of the ... -
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Over 50 Million People ‘Doubly Hit’ by Pandemic, Climate Disasters: WMO
The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic had no effect on the “relentless” increase in atmospheric greenhouse gases, but made the impacts of the ... -
BuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Florida Takes Climate Adaptation Funds Out of Affordable Housing Budget
Two recent bills passed in Florida are sending hundreds of millions of dollars toward improving climate resiliency in the state—at the expense of established ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictions
Melting Greenland Ice Sheet ‘Like a Book of History Being Erased’: Op-Ed
The slow erasure of Greenland’s vast ice sheet—an archive of planetary and human history made of air bubbles and frozen water molecules—is a devastating ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaCanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJurisdictions
Thinning Sea Ice, Changing Weather Strain Inuit Communities in Labrador
The psychological scars of cabin fever and adaptation fatigue are adding to the immediate physical dangers for Indigenous people in Labrador of pursuing a ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaCanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationFirst PeoplesFood SecurityHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJurisdictions
Fragile Labrador Sea Ice Arrives Five Weeks Late, 85% Thinner
The sea ice was five weeks late to arrive along the north coast of Labrador this year—and is still 85% shy of its typical ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemographicsHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInsurance & LiabilityInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Increases in U.S. Floods, Flood Damage Fuel Insurance Crisis
Sea level rise and severe storms are sending more and more water surging into America’s towns and cities, destroying property and lives. That has ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInsurance & LiabilityInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National Governments
EXCLUSIVE: Blaming Campaigners for Rising Premiums Masks Trans Mountain’s Shoddy Safety Record, Ex-Insurance Exec Says
The federal Crown corporation responsible for the Trans Mountain pipeline is diverting attention from its own shoddy safety culture by blaming campaigners for its ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationCulture, Curiosities, & HumourEuropeIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJurisdictions
New Type Font Dramatizes Arctic Sea Ice Loss
Two typographers in Finland and South Africa have developed a new font, and named it Climate Crisis, to embody a range of scientific projections ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaClimate Impacts & AdaptationHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJurisdictions
Ice Shelves at Risk as Antarctic Summer Sets New Temperature Record
Antarctic warming is accelerating: at least one of the southern continent’s ice shelves has been melting faster than ever. The polar summer of 2019-2020 ... -
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Criminalizing Ecocide Could Give Teeth to Easy-to-Evade Climate Targets
While most of the world’s countries are, for all intents and purposes, reneging on their promises to keep global warming below 1.5°C, individuals and ... -
BuildingsCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Heritage Group Places Entire City of Providence, RI, on ‘Endangered Property’ List
The iconic 1928 “Superman” building is just one of many heritage treasures to be found in the 385-year-old Rhode Island city of Providence. Now, ...
