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How Major Carbon Producers Drive Sea Level Rise and Climate Injustice

Union of Concerned Scientists

In a new study released today, UCS attributes substantial temperature and sea level rise to emissions traced to the largest fossil fuel producers and cement manufacturers. m (10-21 inches) of sea level rise by the year 2300. And critically, we demonstrate how these emissions will cause harm for centuries to come.

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SCOTUS Rules in Favor of Sewage: You Can’t Make This Sh** Up

Union of Concerned Scientists

In 2022, ninety of Texas beaches tested positive for unsafe levels of fecal bacteria (poop!), But when there are really heavy rain events, like atmospheric rivers , these systems often overflow untreated wastewater (raw sewage) mixed with stormwater into surrounding waterways, streets, sidewalks, businesses and even homes.

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The water south of Greenland has been cooling, so what causes that?

Real Climate

Finally, some have suggested that the cold blob south of Greenland has been caused by increased heat loss to the atmosphere. 2022), Greenland ice sheet climate disequilibrium and committed sea-level rise, Nature Clim. Schaffernicht, 2015: Exceptional twentieth-century slowdown in Atlantic Ocean overturning circulation.

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Alaska Communities Struggle for Baseline Water Data Amid Climate Uncertainty

Circle of Blue

All of Seldovia draws its water from a single reservoir, which sits within city limits no more than 200 feet above sea level. Compared to 2019, the summer of 2022 was significantly wetter. Atmospheric warming, however, will almost certainly affect the waters quality. And then it started to dawn on us, Cameron says.

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The Fossil Fuel Industry Continues Producing Heat-Trapping Emissions that Drive Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

Using data for litigation-relevant research Since fall of 2022, I have been the Hitz Fellow for Litigation Relevant Research here at the Union of Concerned Scientists. One of them looks at how past emissions from fossil fuel companies will continue affecting sea levels for centuries to come.

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California’s Thirsty Future: The Role of Vapor Pressure Deficit in Our Changing Climate and Drought

Union of Concerned Scientists

From droughts to wildfires to rising sea levels and torrential rains, the state has felt the effects of a changing climate in a variety of ways. The increase regional VPD is mostly attributed to human-cause climate change (68%) and the rest (32%) is attributed to variations in the atmospheric circulation.

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WMO: Greenhouse gases will keep rising

A Greener Life

By Anders Lorenzen On the eve of the COP28 UN climate summit, The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a United Nations (UN) body, has warned that the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases (GHG) is forecast to continue the trend that resulted in record-high CO2 measurements last year.