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Sea Level Rise is Already Threatening Communities

Union of Concerned Scientists

In an era when massive heat domes blanket large swaths of continents for days, wildfires burn through areas the size of small countries, and hurricanes regularly push the limits of what we once thought possible, sea level rise can seem like extreme weather’s low-key cousin. Since 1993, sea level has risen by an average rate of 3.1

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Sea level in the IPCC 6th assessment report (AR6)

Real Climate

My top 3 impressions up-front: The sea level projections for the year 2100 have been adjusted upwards again. The IPCC gives more consideration to the large long-term sea-level rise beyond the year 2100. And here is the key sea-level graphic from the Summary for Policy Makers: Source: IPCC AR6, Figure SPM.8.

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Whales and Lobstermen Have a Common Enemy

Union of Concerned Scientists

GOM communities, not fossil fuel interests, should determine policies that affect GOM people. Sea levels are rising. 1 + 2 = 3 Climate damage and consumer fraud are precisely why four New England states are suing fossil fuel companies and why Pacific fishermen came together to take fossil fuel giants to court.

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From Research to Action: The Growing Impact of Attribution Science

Union of Concerned Scientists

By comparing these two data sets, scientists can determine the probability that human activities are responsible for observed changes in temperature, precipitation patterns, sea level rise, and other climate change indicators. Event attribution science studies have found that climate change has altered: Extreme heat events.

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Europe just experienced its second-warmest winter ever

A Greener Life

This ranks as the joint-second warmest winter on record on the European continent, only exceeded by the winter of 2019-2020. Scientists say that the rising global temperatures are linked to the continued burning of fossil fuels. degrees C above the 1991-2020 average for the Boreal winter season.

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State “Climate Superfund” Bills: What You Need to Know

Law Columbia

In the first months of 2024, legislators in four states— Maryland , Massachusetts , New York , and Vermont —have pushed for legislation that would collectively require large fossil fuel producers and refiners to pay for hundreds of billions of dollars of state-level climate adaptation infrastructure.

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Analysis: Why TV and film scripts need to stop ignoring the climate crisis?

A Greener Life

According to a 2019 report by the Motion Picture Association, there were 1.4 C above pre-industrial levels and is likely to reach 1.5°C of the scripts included any climate-related terms, such as “global warming,” “sea level rise,” “solar panels,” etc. They can influence our emotions, opinions, values, and actions.