SEA LEVEL
27/04-2022: The Guardian
New Zealand unveils plan to tackle climate crisis by adapting cities to survive rising seas
Proposals to prepare the country for more floods, massive storms and wildfires include building away from high-risk areas and protecting cultural sites
21/04-2022: The Conversation
Warmer summers threaten Antarctica’s giant ice shelves because of the lakes they create
Melting lakes on ice shelves can widen cracks within them - new research shows how these lakes change across the world’s largest sheet
21/04-2022: EurekAlert
Study illustrates nuances of gravitational pull of ice sheets
Melting land-based ice raises sea levels globally but can produce lowered levels locally
07/04-2022: The Guardian
‘It’s happening now’: how rising sea levels are causing a US migration crisis
The coming mass migration of flood-prone areas will have huge social and economic costs – but the government doesn’t have an adequate plan
15/03-2022: The Conversation
As sea levels rise, coastal megacities will need more than flood barriers
Flood threatened settlements must get everyone involved in an effort to become truly resilient cities
10/03-2022: EurekAlert
Study: Ice flow is more sensitive to stress than previously thought
Changes to a key ice flow equation could refine estimates of sea level rise
21/02-2022: EurekAlert
Accelerating melt rate makes Greenland Ice Sheet world’s largest ‘dam’
Researchers have observed extremely high rates of melting at the bottom of the Greenland Ice Sheet, caused by huge quantities of meltwater falling from the surface to the base
16/02-2022: The Guardian
US sea level to rise as much in next 30 years as in past century – study
Seas rising faster around the US than global average will cause ‘dramatic increase’ in number of people vulnerable to flooding
27/01-2022: Scientific American
Louisiana’s $2-Billion Gamble: Flood the Land to Save the Coast
A new engineering project would bring much needed land to eroding marshes but at a huge cost to the fishing industry
20/01-2022: PLOS One
Impact of paleoclimate on present and future evolution of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Changes in the Greenland Ice Sheet volume lag climate changes, such that today's climate could still be affecting its size in thousands of years' time
22/12-2021: The Conversation
Antarctica’s ‘doomsday’ glacier: how its collapse could trigger global floods and swallow islands
A massive Antarctic ice shelf is showing signs of cracking and could trigger worldwide flooding
14/12-2021: Nature
Giant cracks push imperilled Antarctic glacier closer to collapse
The demise of part of the huge Thwaites Glacier would hasten sea-level rise
04/05-2021: The Conversation
When Antarctica melts, will gravity changes lift up land and lower sea levels?