Tag Archives: sea ​​level

Rising sea levels are a ‘worldwide disaster’ that particularly endangers Pacific havens, UN Secretary-General says

NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga (AP) — Stressing that seas are rising rapidly, especially in the more vulnerable Pacific island nations, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has issued another climate SOS to the world. This time, he said the initials mean “save our seas.” The United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization released reports Monday on worsening sea-level… Read More »

Warming ocean leaves coastal economies in hot water

Ocean-related tourism and recreation supports more than 320,000 jobs and $13.5 billion in goods and services in Florida. But in the summer of 2023, swimming in the ocean became much less appealing as water temperatures rose to 101 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius) off the coast of Miami. The future of some jobs and businesses in… Read More »

Coastal people evacuated due to sea level rise

On a small island off Panama’s Caribbean coast, nearly 300 families are packing up their belongings in preparation for dramatic change. Generations of Gunas who grew up in Gardi Sugdub with a life devoted to the sea and tourism will trade it for the solid ground of the mainland this week. They go kind of… Read More »

Panama prepares to evacuate first island in response to rising sea levels

GARDI SUGDUB, Panama (AP) — On a small island off Panama’s Caribbean coast, about 300 families are packing up their belongings in preparation for dramatic change. Generations of Gunas who grew up in Gardi Sugdub with a life devoted to the sea and tourism will trade it for the solid ground of the mainland next… Read More »

Coastal wetlands fail to keep up with sea level rise and infrastructure leaves them with nowhere to go

Wetlands have flourished along the world’s coastlines for thousands of years, playing valuable roles in the lives of people and wildlife. They protect land from storm waves, prevent seawater from contaminating drinking water supplies, and create habitat for birds, fish and threatened species. Many of these may disappear within a few decades. As the planet… Read More »

US-based Climate Central says the risk of coastal flooding in the Lower Mainland will intensify in the future

Waves pound the shoreline in White Rock, BC during a March 2016 storm. New data from Climate Central, a nonprofit group based in Princeton, New Jersey, reveals that nearly all of Richmond, Delta and much of Surrey will remain below annual flood levels by 2100. (Bill Hawke – image credit) A new sea level data… Read More »

Scientists want $50 billion Hail Mary to build 62-mile-long bulkheads around ‘Doomsday Glacier’

Although Thwaites Glacier is the largest glacier in the world, it loses large amounts of ice every year.NASA Geoengineers plan to test giant underwater curtains that could slow catastrophic glacial melting. Thwaites, also known as the “doomsday glacier,” has lost over 1,000 billion tonnes of ice since 2000. If Thwaites collapsed completely, global sea levels… Read More »