Circle of Blue

AUGUST 22, 2022

Despite promising adaptation strategies, sea level rise is projected to drown tens of thousands of acres of farmland within the century. Atlantic sea levels are rising three to four times faster than the global ocean average. Saltwater intrusion on Chalmers’ rice paddies is forcing him to look for land elsewhere.

Sea Level 321

Sea Level Conservation Ocean 2009 321

Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Climate change causes sea-level rise, natural resource scarcity, and natural disasters. First, scarcity of natural resources can change the political economy of a state. Southern Sudan started experiencing drought as a result of sea level temperature rise in the Indian Ocean.

Climate Change 40

Climate Change Sea Level 2006 Natural Resources 40

Vermont Law

APRIL 7, 2022

Countless research has warned of the climate catastrophe that will happen if anthropogenic carbon emissions continue to rise: sea-level rise will accelerate, tropical storms will occur in greater number with greater severity, and droughts will grow harsher and longer. (1) 11, 2022); see generally G. Rainey & G. Gaard, supra note 4.

Climate Change 52

Climate Change 2017 Sea Level Natural Resources 52

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Since 2009, the partnership has put practices in place to reduce the nitrogen pollution flowing into the Bay each year by 30 million pounds—roughly 42 percent of the required reduction. Extreme storms, heat, and rising sea levels make restoration harder and put both communities and the watershed’s natural resources at risk.

2022 52

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Columbia Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

This provision may prove very important for the conservation of species imperiled by climate change, insofar as their key habitat will likely shift due to changes in temperature, precipitation, sea level rise, and other climate-related phenomena.

Endangered Species Act 52

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2023

The costs of increased risks from natural hazards—wildfires, floods and sea level rise— are driving insurers away. New Hampshire’s 2009 Climate Action Plan is the product of a very diverse and thoughtful steering committee.

Climate Change 229

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Wolf, AG Shapiro To Support A Total Ban On Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater; 240.4 Posted: December 26, 2021] PA Environment Digest

Conservation 48

Conservation 2021 Natural Gas Climate Change 48