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    Half of the World’s Beaches Could Disappear by 2100, Study Finds

    Half of the World’s Beaches Could Disappear by 2100, Study Finds

    If nothing is done to lower greenhouse gas emissions, sea level rise could swallow nearly half of the world’s sandy beaches by 2100. That’s the conclusion of a study published by the European Union’s Joint Research Center in Nature Climate Change Monday, which marks the first worldwide assessment of the future of sandy shorelines, EU […]

    NYC Sea Wall Halted After Trump Says it’s ‘Costly, Foolish’

    NYC Sea Wall Halted After Trump Says it’s ‘Costly, Foolish’

    President Trump has long touted the efficacy of walls, funneling billions of Defense Department dollars to build a wall on the southern border. However, when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) released a study that included plans for a sea wall to protect New Yorkers from sea-level rise and catastrophic storms like Hurricane Sandy, […]

    Climate Crisis Is Coming for the Tidal Basin in DC

    Climate Crisis Is Coming for the Tidal Basin in DC

    By Sarah Kennedy The Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC overlooks the Tidal Basin, a man-made body of water surrounded by cherry trees. Visitors can stroll along the water’s edge, gazing up at the stately monument. But at high tide, people are forced off parts of the path. Twice a day, the Tidal Basin floods and […]

    Florida Coastal Flooding Maps: Residents Deny Predicted Risks to Their Property

    Florida Coastal Flooding Maps: Residents Deny Predicted Risks to Their Property

    By Risa Palm and Toby W. Bolsen Advertisers understand that providing consumers with the facts will not sell products. To get people to stop and pay attention, successful advertising delivers information simply and with an emotional hook so that consumers notice and, hopefully, make a purchase. Climate communication scientists use these same principles of messaging […]

    Sea Level Rise Is Speeding up Along Most of the U.S. Coast

    Sea Level Rise Is Speeding up Along Most of the U.S. Coast

    Sea level rise in most of the U.S. is speeding up. That’s the conclusion of William & Mary’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) latest annual sea level “report card” that measures tide gauges at 32 locations along the U.S. coast. At 25 of the 32 sites, sea level rise accelerated at higher rates in […]

    Climate Crisis May Cause the Next Financial Crisis

    Climate Crisis May Cause the Next Financial Crisis

    The mounting climate emergency may spur the next global financial crisis and the world’s central banks are woefully ill equipped to handle the consequences, according to a new book-length report by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), as S&P Global reported. Located in Basel, Switzerland, the BIS is an umbrella organization for the world’s central […]