Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Because of the way the climate and ocean systems respond to heat-trapping emissions, sea levels will continue to rise even after air temperatures stabilize. So, even in a future scenario where the world achieves the stabilization of air temperatures, the Earths oceans and cryosphere (frozen regions like Antarctica ) will continue to adjust.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 21, 2024
In a historic development, a recent opinion by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) recognizes global warming emissions as a marine pollutant. To ensure that this decision can truly protect our oceans and climate, we need to consider larger global systems and opportunities for ensuring compliance.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 24, 2023
When diplomacy needs backup, countries turn to resolve their disputes at the ICJ, the United Nations’ principal judicial organ, to set the tone for international law. As an advisory body, the court provides legal opinions on international law questions. What is an advisory opinion?
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 26, 2025
Whats the point of a beach adventure if you cant even go into the ocean? This is why the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s historic investments provided a long overdue federal commitment to improving and protecting water quality (and why current threats to it and the agencies like EPA administering funds are so misguided).
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 19, 2025
Just by looking at the name, you can see that a GCM is a model that simulates the circulation of Earths different physical systems like the atmosphere and ocean. The Earths atmosphere and oceans create circulations in order to mix temperature differences between regions; GCMs, or climate models, simulate these circulations quite well.
Union of Concerned Scientists
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Both hurricanes were exacerbated by warmer ocean surface temperatures, and are examples of “what hurricanes will look more like in the future,” according to Dr. Marc Alessi, an atmospheric scientist with the Union of Concerned Scientists. This bill was signed into law this September by Governor Gavin Newsom.
Law Columbia
JANUARY 31, 2025
Our planet is undergoing significant changes due to climate disruption, with especially severe impacts on the ocean. CDR refers to deliberate human activities that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and durably store it in geologic, terrestrial, or ocean reservoirs or in long-lived products.
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