Did you know that the first water level observing stations were established in the 1850s? Even back then sea level rise was important to monitor. Alexander Dallas Bache, second superintendent of the coast survey, explained in 1854, “It seems a very simple task to make correct tidal observations; but in … [continued]
Flooding has already caused more than $1 trillion in losses globally since 1980, and the situation is poised to worsen: New analysis from WRI’s Aqueduct Floods finds that the number of people affected by floods will double worldwide by 2030.
Coastal flooding is driving up the cost of housing in high-elevation Miami neighborhoods like Little Haiti.
As sea level rise continues intensifying over the coming decades, a great many of the coastlines of the world are going to be made unrecognizable. Perhaps more importantly, a vast number of people will be forced to migrate elsewhere.
Wondering how prepared your state is for upcoming changes in climate? If you’re in Texas, you might be in for trouble. This week, Climate Central unveiled the first-ever national analysis of state-level preparedness for climate change-driven, weather-related threats. States at Risk: America’s Preparedness Report Card summarizes the changing nature of key threats and … [continued]
If you’ve been following the news, you probably know that the UN’s annual mega-conference to address climate change—officially, the 20th Conference of the Parties (COP20) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change—started in Lima, Peru, yesterday morning, 1 December 2014. (For more information on the runup to the … [continued]
