Sea Level Rise
Rising sea levels will make some of the best farm land in the world unavailable (i.e. California’s central valley and other low-lying areas), and the civil wars from billions of people fleeing to...
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James Hansen : Sea level could rise in decades, not centuries or millenia
James Hansen explains how sea level could rise in decades, not centuries or millenia At the bottom is a more recent article that backs Hansen up. Below are excerpts from: Climate change and trace...
View ArticleThe Impact of Climate Change on California: 8th Largest Economy, 40% of U.S....
Introduction California’s economy and population relies on one of the most extensive and costly infrastructure systems in the world. This includes thousands of miles of roads, highways and railroads,...
View ArticleRising Sea Levels – What to do?
The oceans are expected to rise around 1.4 meters by 2100. That assumes no surprises such as accelerated melting of the Greenland or Antarctic ice sheets. Globalization and the distribution of food,...
View ArticleArctic ice melt to release 1 trillion pieces of plastic into sea – a major...
Lewis, R. May 27, 2014. Arctic ice melt to release 1 trillion pieces of plastic into sea Increasing ice melt due to climate change will pose a major threat to marine life. Aljazeera. As the Arctic ice...
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The nine boundaries we must not cross — or we may go extinct
[ Although everyone focuses on climate change there are 8 other destructive boundaries to be avoided as well. We’ve crossed three already: climate change, biodiversity loss, and the global nitrogen...
View ArticleHurricanes will lower Gulf and East Coast carrying capacity
Preface. New Orleans and much of the gulf and east coast remain vulnerable to severe weather, and require help from the federal government to recover. Clearly as climate change worsens this will only...
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What can California do about sea level rise?
Projected sea level rise from one meter (dark red) to six meters (light orange) in California’s Bay Area. (Weiss and Overpeck 2011) Preface. Nearly all, if not all, possible solutions to rising sea...
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Groundwater rise. Yet another climate change threat.
A graphic showing how sea level rise lifts freshwater, causing groundwater inundation in low-lying areas. Credit: UHM Coastal Geology Group Preface. In coastal areas flooding is likely to be caused...
View ArticleThe politics of California’s central valley levees
Preface. This is a book review of Robert Kelly’s “Battling the Inland Sea”. He describes how settlers were surprised to find the central valley often flooded with water, not the “desert” people...
View ArticleThe end of insurance: Ports and Hurricanes, Storm Surges, & Rising Sea Levels
The world is about to be shaken by many storms besides cyclones and hurricanes — declining energy & natural resources and the social unrest generated by ever larger numbers of the 7+ billion...
View ArticleThe nine boundaries we must not cross or we may go extinct
Preface. This post has excerpts from the famous paper by Rockström et al (2009) as well as a more recent proposal by Running (2012) on an easier measure of how close we’re coming to rendering the...
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