Hurricane Sandy caused an ‘extra $8bn’ damage due to human-caused sea level rise
More than $8bn of the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy in 2012 was due to the increase in sea levels caused by human-caused climate change, according... Read More
Limiting warming to 1.5C would ‘halve’ land-ice contribution to sea level rise by 2100
Holding global temperature rise to no more than 1.5C – rather than following current emissions pledges – could halve the sea level rise from melt... Read More
Guest post: Overshooting 2C risks rapid and unstoppable sea level rise from Antarctica
In 2015, governments from across the world committed to the Paris Agreement and its goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C or 2C. Yet, the emissions... Read More
New climate models suggest faster melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Greenland’s vast ice sheet could melt faster than previously thought over the 21st century, according to a new study. The Greenland ice sheet is... Read More
Greenland to lose ice far faster this century than in the past 12,000 years
The scale of loss from the Greenland ice sheet will be higher this century than in any other over the past 12,000 years, a new study concludes. Ho... Read More
State of the climate: First quarter of 2020 is second warmest on record
This year is shaping up to be one of the warmest years on record – if not the warmest. This is particularly noteworthy because 2020 is likely ... Read More
Existing Paris climate pledges commit sea level rise to ‘one metre by 2300’
Global greenhouse gas emissions up to 2030 could be enough to raise sea levels by more than one metre by 2300, a new study suggests. The research, ... Read More
State of the climate: Low sea ice and near-record warmth define 2019 to date
This year is shaping up to be the second warmest on record for most surface temperature datasets, behind only the super-El Niño year of 2016. This is... Read More
In-depth Q&A: The IPCC’s special report on the ocean and cryosphere
Earlier today in Monaco, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its special report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing c... Read More
Explainer: How climate change is accelerating sea level rise
Sea level rise (SLR) is one of the most severe impacts of climate change, with rising waters threatening to inundate small-island nations and coastal ... Read More
Global sea level rise began accelerating ‘30 years earlier’ than previously thought
Global sea level rise began to accelerate in the 1960s, 30 years earlier than suggested by previous assessments, a new study finds. The study, publ... Read More
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