25 Aug 2020
The Greenland ice sheet lost a record amount of ice in 2019, equivalent to a million tonnes per minute across the year, satellite data shows. The climate crisis is heating the Arctic at double the rate in lower latitudes, and the ice cap is the biggest single contributor to sea level rise, which already imperils […]
18 Jun 2018
Guardian: Flooding from sea level rise threatens over 300,000 US coastal homes – study Climate change study predicts ‘staggering impact’ of swelling oceans on coastal communities within next 30 years. Sea level rise driven by climate change is set to pose an existential crisis to many US coastal communities, with new research finding that as many as […]
14 Aug 2017
Sea level rise is non-linear and hot spots see greater than expected change Sea level rise hot spots—bursts of accelerated sea rise that last three to five years—happen along the U.S. East Coast thanks to a one-two punch from naturally occurring climate variations, a new University of Florida study shows. After UF scientists identified a […]
22 Feb 2016
If you want to be kept routinely updated about interesting marine news on climate change and its impacts sign up for the MCCIP News or contact Susana Lincoln Tel: +44(0)1502 524336 – Email: susana.lincoln@cefas.co.uk Deep waters buffering climate change – Sea-level rise ‘could last twice as long as human history’ Research warns of the long […]
18 Sep 2015
Seas around the world have risen an average of nearly 3 inches (8 centimetres ) since 1992, with some locations rising by more than 9 inches due to natural variation according to Nasa and its partners. Intensive research is pointing the way to the unavoidable rise and working on locational differences which can be vary […]
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