Tag: sea level rise

Will climate change turn Miami into a ‘future Atlantis’?

10.08.18.

Florida research professors studying climate change have serious warnings for the Magic City. They say that Miami’s buildings have come a long way in becoming more resistant to sustained, heavy winds. However, the city’s infrastructure may not be prepared to protect it from a huge hurricane storm surge. PBS NewsHour science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports.…
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How fast are Antarctic glaciers contributing to sea level rise? The largest research initiative in 70 years aims to find out.

04.30.18.

Miami. Boston. New York. Norfolk, Virginia. These are just a few of the many American coastal cities where flooding has become a topic as hot as the underlying cause of the crisis: global warming. WATCH: Miles investigates the effects of sea level rise on cities like Boston. These cities are trying to plan for the…
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NASA and NOAA: 2017 was, again, one of the hottest years on record

01.18.18.

A new analysis of global temperatures released Thursday by NASA and NOAA confirms that the planet is still warming at an alarming rate. The agencies performed two independent analyses on the newly-available 2017 global temperature data, which showed the world is 1.6°F above the 1951-1980 baseline used. Though they had slightly different approaches and gave…
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Boston plans for climate change’s promise of more storms. Will it be enough?

01.11.18.

For more, go to: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/boston-plans-for-climate-changes-promise-of-more-storms-will-it-be-enough
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