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Climate Denier Nigel Farage Standing in Seat at Risk of Sea Level Rises and Flooding

DeSmogBlog

The international journal Oceans and Coastal Management also produced a study in 2022 suggesting that the Tendring area, which encompasses Clacton, is at risk of sea level rises – potentially affecting hundreds of homes. We need a serious national debate about the scale of the threat.”

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New fossils reveal an ice-free Greenland. It’s bad news for sea level rise.

Grist

As he watched, the sediment settled at the bottom of a plastic tub and small black flecks began to flutter in the water. “Oh As global temperatures surpass levels not seen for 125,000 years , that melt is already well underway. It’s bad news for sea level rise. Oh my god, I’ve seen this before,” Christ thought.

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How a Blue New Deal charts a course for a sustainable sea change

GreenBiz

We're fighting to minimize the impacts of sea-level rise and intensifying hurricanes, where NOAA just put out a report that hurricane intensity increased 8 percent a decade over the last 40 years. It's triage at this point," Helvarg explained. "I

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5 Ways You Can Help Fight Climate Change

Green Living Guy

As the planet heats up, severe weather events become more frequent and powerful, sea levels rise, food crops suffer from extended droughts, and many animal and plant species face extinction. It’s difficult to envision what we, as individuals, can do to address an issue of this magnitude and severity.

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Technofossils: How future archeologists will study our everyday objects

Grist

Plastic, like this refuse on a beach in Scotland, will become part of the geologic record and last millions of years. Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images Q: What about plastics? SG: Plastic has a chemical backbone that is incredibly strong and difficult to change, but it has only really been around since the 1900s.

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Two-Thirds of People in Climate Denier Nigel Farage’s Constituency Are Worried About Rising Temperatures

DeSmogBlog

The international journal Oceans and Coastal Management also produced a study in 2022 suggesting that the Tendring area, which encompasses Clacton, is exposed to sea level rises – potentially affecting hundreds of homes. We need a serious national debate about the scale of the threat.”

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How oysters and seagrass could help the California coast adapt to rising seas

Grist

Nichols oversees Coastkeeper’s living shorelines program, a project in partnership with California State University, Long Beach, and California State University, Fullerton, that restores ecosystem structures like oyster beds and eelgrass meadows, which protect shorelines from waves, erosion, and sea-level rise.