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Arctic ice melt to release 1 trillion pieces of plastic into sea – a major threat to marine life
[Also see September 2015: Plastic for dinner: A quarter of fish sold at markets contain human-made debris. Original article here] Lewis, R. May 27, 2014. Arctic ice melt to release 1 trillion pieces of plastic into sea Increasing ice melt … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity Loss, Oceans, Sea Level Rise, Water
Tagged arctic ice melting, climate change, fish, plastic
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Rising Sea Levels – What to do?
The oceans are expected to rise around 1.4 meters by 2100. That assumes no surprises such as accelerated melting of the Greenland or Antarctic ice sheets. Globalization and the distribution of food, coal, and other goods essential to staying alive … Continue reading
Posted in Sea Level Rise, Transportation
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The Impact of Climate Change on California: 8th Largest Economy, 40% of U.S. Shipping
Introduction California’s economy and population relies on one of the most extensive and costly infrastructure systems in the world. This includes thousands of miles of roads, highways and railroads, nearly 200 large water reservoirs of varying capacity, miles of canals, … Continue reading
Posted in Electricity, Energy, Extreme Weather, Heat, Oil & Gas, Railroads, Sea Level Rise, Transportation
Tagged airports, california, climate change, infrastructure, ports, railroads, roads, sea level rise, wildfire
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James Hansen : Sea level could rise in decades, not centuries or millenia
James Hansen explains how sea level could rise in decades, not centuries or millenia At the bottom is a more recent article that backs Hansen up. Below are excerpts from: Climate change and trace gases. James Hansen, Makiko Sato, et … Continue reading
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Sea Level Rise
[ There are four major sources of sea level rise that are related to human activity: thermal expansion (as ocean water heats up, it physically expands), melting mountain glaciers worldwide, the continental ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica, and the … Continue reading
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The nine boundaries we must not cross — or we may go extinct
[ Although everyone focuses on climate change there are 8 other destructive boundaries to be avoided as well. We’ve crossed three already: climate change, biodiversity loss, and the global nitrogen cycle. The other six are ocean acidification, chemical pollution, atmospheric … Continue reading
Posted in Acidification, Biodiversity Loss, Climate Change, Climate Change, Extinction, Planetary Boundaries, Pollution, Sea Level Rise, Water, World's Best Scientists
Tagged atmospheric aerosol loading, biogeochemical nitrogen cycle, biological diversity, boundaries, chemical pollution, climate change, Earth, extinction, global freshwater use, global warming, land system change, ocean acidification, ozone hole, phosphorus cycle, stratospheric ozone, sustainability
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