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===== The experiment that may have saved a Washington town from falling into the ocean ===== | |||
[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/08/coastal-erosion-washington-climate-crisis-solution by Erick Bengel 8/9/22 The Guardian] | |||
When David Cottrell was about three, his father drove him down a short road toward the beach in their home town of North Cove. | |||
=====Coasts Should Plan for 6.5 Feet Sea Level Rise by 2100 as Precaution, Experts Say===== | =====Coasts Should Plan for 6.5 Feet Sea Level Rise by 2100 as Precaution, Experts Say===== | ||
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21052019/antarctica-greenland-ice-sheet-melting-sea-level-rise-risk-climate-change-polar-scientists | |||
If planners are working with a mid-range projection of sea level rise, their efforts might protect coastal regions from the most likely scenarios depicted in climate models, but that still leaves a lot of risk, say the authors of the study published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. | If planners are working with a mid-range projection of sea level rise, their efforts might protect coastal regions from the most likely scenarios depicted in climate models, but that still leaves a lot of risk, say the authors of the study published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. | ||
=====Ice sheet contributions to future sea-level rise from structured expert judgment===== | =====Ice sheet contributions to future sea-level rise from structured expert judgment===== | ||
https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/05/14/1817205116 | |||
The 95th percentile ice sheet contribution by 2200, for the +5 °C scenario, is 7.5 m (about 23 ft) as a result of instabilities coming into play in both West and East Antarctica. Introducing process correlations and tail dependences increases estimates by roughly 15%. | The 95th percentile ice sheet contribution by 2200, for the +5 °C scenario, is 7.5 m (about 23 ft) as a result of instabilities coming into play in both West and East Antarctica. Introducing process correlations and tail dependences increases estimates by roughly 15%. | ||
=====Louisiana's New Climate Plan Prepares for Resilience and Retreat as Sea Level Rises===== | =====Louisiana's New Climate Plan Prepares for Resilience and Retreat as Sea Level Rises===== | ||
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17052019/louisiana-climate-migration-plan-retreat-sea-level-rise-global-warming | |||
People are already migrating inland as the ocean rises with global warming and the delta sinks. The state's new plan looks at ways to ease the transition. | People are already migrating inland as the ocean rises with global warming and the delta sinks. The state's new plan looks at ways to ease the transition. | ||
