Grist
MARCH 16, 2021
Now, the boot is losing a football field of land every hour to the rising tide. In order to save the state from sea-level rise, the Louisiana state government is embarking on a series of years-long, multi-billion dollar projects to slow the rate of land loss. This month, the U.S.
Grist
AUGUST 10, 2023
As it flowed south on its way to the sea, the river continually poured sediment into the basin, gifting it with fresh, nutrient-rich river mud that replenished the land and prevented coastal erosion. But some scientists warn that sea-level rise is ultimately a wild card.
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Grist
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
Setting aside the anomalous, albeit devastating, Deepwater Horizon oil spill — which in 2010 contaminated the Gulf of Mexico with more than 200 million gallons of oil — the National Academies says spills since 2010 have only contributed a relatively “minor” amount of oil pollution to the oceans. .
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
The project’s supporters, including major environmental nonprofits like the Environmental Defense Fund, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Audubon Society, say large river diversions are the most effective way to send land-building sediment streaming into the bayou from the Mississippi River to fight land subsidence and sea-level rise.
Renewable Energy World
APRIL 22, 2021
I was fortunate to interview Jacobson for an Energy Boom story in 2010 about the real cost comparison between coal and wind power. External costs include everything from pre-mature deaths due to air pollution to the sky-rocketing insurance costs for properties vulnerable to sea level rise.
Business Green
DECEMBER 15, 2022
Global temperature rise is just one measure of how the climate is changing. Scientists also track concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere, sea-level rise and the intensity of heatwaves and flooding. Only stopping global temperature rise well below 1.5C Acceptable for who? At 1.5C, few reefs will escape harm.
Clean Energy Canada
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
However, a recent UN Climate report suggests that the current climate targets are still projected to result in a 16% increase in global emissions by 2030 compared to 2010, which would lead to a temperature rise of about 2.7°C C by the end of the century. However, the report does not include recent commitments made last week.
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