The World Meteorological Society’s State of the Global Climate report was released this week. Among many extremes from wildfires to floods, it outlined that Sea Level Rise hit news heights in 2021. Grim reading … a few key messages Atmospheric concentrations of the major greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, continued to increase in 2020 […]
We can’t stop rising sea levels, but we still have a chance to slow them down Tamsin Edwards Despite pandemic-enforced isolation, scientists from around the world have produced a vital climate change forecast. Sea levels are going to rise, no matter what. This is certain. But new research I helped produce shows how much we […]
Melting Antarctic ice will raise sea level by 2.5 metres – even if Paris climate goals are met, study finds – Paper in Nature Research says melting will continue even if temperature rises are limited to 2C Melting of the Antarctic ice sheet will cause sea level rises of about two and a half metres around the […]
We’ll never be able to say we weren’t warned about the risks of sea-level rise and storm surges, as the paper below shows the huge scale of impacts. Climate change is happening now and whilst this report is couched in a 30 year time scale for many around the UK this an issue now. The […]
Guardian ‘There was a dramatic melting of Greenland’s ice sheet in the summer of 2019, researchers have confirmed, in a study that reveals the loss was largely down to a persistent zone of high pressure over the region. The ice sheet melted at a near record rate in 2019, and much faster than the average of […]
Guardian ‘East Yorkshire councillors bemoan lack of national guidance and funding Ministers have been urged to step in to help families whose homes are at imminent risk of collapsing into the sea on the fastest-eroding coastline in northern Europe. Residents in the Yorkshire village of Skipsea were told this week that more than 20 homes were at […]
Accelerating Greenland ice melt set to see 100 million people flooded each year A team of international scientists is warning that Greenland is losing ice faster than in the 1990s – the rate of ice loss has risen from 33 billion tonnes per year in the 1990s to 254 billion tonnes per year in the last […]
Guardian ‘Sea level rise is set to challenge human civilization for centuries to come, even if internationally agreed climate goals are met and planet-warming emissions are then immediately eliminated, researchers have found. The lag time between rising global temperatures and the knock-on impact of coastal inundation means that the world will be dealing with ever-rising sea […]