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“Fighting for Inches” in the Southeast’s Struggle With Salt

Circle of Blue

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.

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2023 appears to follow an upward trend in the North Atlantic/Caribbean named tropical cyclone count

Real Climate

The number of North Atlantic/Caribbean named tropical cyclones in and the estimates based on the area with sea surface temperature above 25.6°C C (Benestad, 2009). 635-645, 2009. But it appears to follow a historical trend for named tropical cyclones with an increasing number over time. References R.E. Blunden, T. Boyer, and E.

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Earthquakes hastened sea rise in Pacific islands by sinking the ground

New Scientist

Projections of flood risk due to sea-level rise on the Samoan islands underestimate the rate at which the islands are sinking after two earthquakes hit in 2009

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The Riddle of the Maldives

Legal Planet

In the run-up to the Copenhagen climate negotiations in 2009, President Mohamed Nasheed held a cabinet meeting in scuba gear 20 feet underwater to show what awaited the low-lying island nation of the Maldives if serious action were not taken to reduce greenhouse gases. It was the site for one of the most iconic climate policy photos.

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Degradation of coastal regions in the Pacific Islands

Our Environment

Rising sea levels and increased intensity of storm surges are playing a considerable role in the degradation of coastal regions in the Pacific Islands. Illustrating the variation in sea levels from 1993 – 2018. Photo credit. Written by: Jack McCulloch. Shows a generally increasing trend. Source: NASA (August 2018).

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Film review: An inconvenient sequel

Edouard Stenger

Whether in the US or around the world, rising sea levels, extreme weather events such as tornadoes, droughts and so on are increasingly unpredictable and destructive. Found on wikipedia, this is a 2009 figure so to-date numbers would be much much higher…). Climate change is getting very scary these days. million people.

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Analysis: Vietnam struggles to find solutions for extreme dry seasons in Mekong delta

A Greener Life

Upstream provinces such as Dong Thap have more access to freshwater, while those closer to the East Sea – like Ben Tre – struggle to stop saltwater from flowing upstream. The entire delta is sinking at a rate faster than sea levels are rising, meaning that further saltwater intrusion is inevitable. Resolution 120.