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How Popular Tourist Destinations Will Look Submerged In 25 Feet Of Water
Climate change is going to ruin our vacations. Not only will it likely make our flights more uncomfortable, but our favorite destinations could be underwater--in a few hundred years anyway. Inspired by...
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Over The Past 60 Years, A Reef Island Has Grown Out Of The Sea
Nadikdik Atoll, 2001Johnson Space CenterThe Nadikdik Atoll is a collection of islands surrounding a shallow lagoon. The islands are all on a reef platform, which is sandy-colored in this photo. The...
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In South Florida, more frequent and destructive flooding due to climate change has become a serious problem. This March 19 report by the PBS News Hour and WPBT looks at how communities like Miami Beach...
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Climate Change Already Having Wide-Ranging Effects On U.S., Report Finds
Flooded VW BugDave MosherThis car with smashed windows near Avenue C in Manhattan was one of hundreds tossed around and flooded by an unprecedented storm surge.When it comes to climate change, the...
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10-Foot Sea Level Rise Now Unstoppable Due To Glacier Collapse
Thwaites glacierNASA/JPLA large part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, a massive expanse of frozen water that flows into the Amundsen Sea, is likely already in the process of collapsing, probably...
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How Climate Science Gets Done In The Icy Fjords of Greenland
View from an IcebergMargie Turrin/LDEOMagnus Petersen and Dave Porter prepare to lower a temperature-depth-salinity sensor into a fjord near the village of Kullorsuaq, as part of a study into changing...
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Banning Phrases Like 'Climate Change' And 'Global Warming' Might Actually...
Elevation of Southern FloridaNASA Earth Observatory/SRTM Team NASA/JPL/NIMALeft: Green colors indicate low elevations, rising through yellow and tan, to white at the highest elevations. Even the...
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Our Line Of Defense Against Sea Level Rise Is Melting Fast
AntarcticaDavid Stanley/FlickrCC by 2.0Antarctica is a frozen, beautiful continent, that might not be completely frozen for much longer. Just like the Arctic, Antarctica's ice shelves are disappearing,...
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NASA: Sea Level Rise Is Going To Get Much Worse
Flooded StreetsDavid Shankbone/FlickrNew York City streets after Hurricane Sandy hit the city in 2012. Flooding like this could become more common in the future as sea levels rise.Eleven of the fifteen...
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Melting Ice Could Wake Up Ancient Frozen Viruses
Arctic IceUS Geological SurveyMelting polar regions are already causing unprecedented sea level rise but there are other threats besides water buried in the swiftly melting ice.Since 2003, large...
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What Would Happen If We Burned All The Fossil Fuels On Earth?
Gas FlareTim Evanson/FlickrCC by SA 2.0Natural gas being disposed of in an oil field by burning.If you've ever poured yourself some iced tea on a hot summer's day, you know that that icy goodness...
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National Science Foundation Devotes $20 Million To Building Tomorrow's...
Blatnik BridgeRanden Pederson/FlickrCC by 2.0Improving infrastructure is one of the main focuses of a new NSF initiative.Wildfires are raging, sea levels are rising, and cities just keep on growing....
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Why Is Alaska's Governor Looking To Oil To Cover Climate Change Costs?
Trans-Alaska PipelineTrish McMurphy/U.S. Army AlaskaCC by 2.0Climate change and it's accompanying horsemen of wildfires, droughts, and sea level rise--just to name a few of the cavalry--are a dramatic...
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Parts Of Antarctica's Ice Sheet Seem To Be Growing. No, Global Warming Is Not...
AntarcticaNASA/FlickrIn a paper published in the Journal of Glaciology, scientists from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center found that between 1992 and 2001, Antarctica gained 112 billion tons of ice a...
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Six Feet Of Sea Level Rise By 2100 Could Impact 13.1 Million Americans
Environment Rising waters A study published today in Nature Climate Change found that if sea levels rise 6 feet by 2100, an estimated 13.1 million people would be impacted, losing the land they live...
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Rising Sea Level Drowns Five Pacific Islands
Environment Atlantis Parts II, III, IV, V, and VI Major cities like New York, Miami, and Boston are preparing for sea level rise, but in some places, it's too late for action.
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These Drones Will Map America’s Gravity
Aviation To help prepare for floods, which could save us millions of dollars NOAA wants to map gravity to protect against sea level rise.
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Ancient Waters Are Keeping The Southern Ocean Cool
From Our Blogs: Nexus Media News Scientists just solved one of global warming's biggest conundrums Old water is keeping the Southern Ocean cool as the rest of the planet grows feverish.
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Can We Make Our Subways Flood-Proof Or What?
Environment What companies are doing to prevent future L Train shutdowns As New York and other city’s rush to deal with the new reality of climate change, it seems the future is arriving fast.
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Sea Level Rise May Be Accelerating
Environment As volcano's impact clears, new data emerges When Mount Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines in 1991, it killed hundreds of people, disrupted flights, and sent towering clouds of gas and...
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