2021 Ocean acidification Sea level rise 
DeSmogBlog
MAY 15, 2023
Previous studies have quantified the share of increasing average temperatures, rising sea levels , and ocean acidification attributable to major industrial emitters. This study linked nearly half the rise in this measure between 1901 and 2021 to the carbon majors. Credit: State Farm , CC BY 2.0
Grist
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Melting glaciers won’t just contribute to sea-level rise, although that’s a big deal too — they will alter the fabric of daily life for people across the world, who rely on these enormous stores of ice for drinking water and irrigation. “There’s sort of a blending between all of those things, isn’t there?
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Business Green
MAY 20, 2022
This week the World Meteorological Organisation published a report detailing how four key climate change indicators - greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise, ocean heat, and ocean acidification - all set new records in 2021.
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
In one of these cases, small island states are seeking an advisory opinion that defines countries’ legal requirements for protecting the oceans from harmful climate impacts — such as ocean acidification and sea level rise – that threaten their very existence.
Business Green
AUGUST 9, 2021
Taking immediate action to slash emissions towards net zero by 2050 could make a monumental difference to the level, frequency, and breadth of growing climate impacts, the scientists emphasise. There must be no new coal plants built after 2021. C we are still facing half a metre of sea level rise.
Business Green
MAY 20, 2022
Four key climate change indicators - greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise, ocean heat, and ocean acidification - all set new records in 2021. The WMO State of the Global Climate in 2021 report confirmed that the past seven years have been the warmest seven years on record.
Business Green
JUNE 14, 2022
In 2021, observations also indicate that the Amazon Rainforest flipped from a sink to a source, emitting the equivalent of roughly 1.1 Observations in 2019 made clear that the Arctic has now become a significant source of CO2 emissions, emitting the equivalent of around 2.3 Gt CO2 that year.
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