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Why the New Sea Level Alarm Can't Be Ignored

2016-04-01 18:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Geographic: There are days when even a born optimist starts to waver in his conviction. The release of a new study projecting that sea level could rise between five and six feet by 2100-when many children born today will still be alive and have been forced to move inland-made Thursday one of those days. There have been lots of other studies, you might say. True: The last sea-level alarm (in what seems an endless series) came just a month ago. That analysis showed that in the 20th century, sea level rose faster...

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The alarming science driving much higher sea level projections for this century

2016-03-31 15:08:02| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Washington Post: For many scientists studying Antarctica, and particularly the vulnerable West Antarctic ice sheet, a major new study significantly increasing expectations for sea-level rise is the culmination of a large body of prior research -- combined with alarming recent observations. The study, just published in Nature, is based on an improved understanding of past warm eras in Earths history that featured much higher seas. By creating advanced computer simulations of how Antarcticas ice melts and flows...

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Scientists nearly double sea level rise projections for 2100, because of Antarctica

2016-03-31 15:08:02| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Washington Post: Sea levels could rise nearly twice as much as previously predicted by the end of this century if carbon dioxide emissions continue unabated, an outcome that could devastate coastal communities around the globe, according to new research published Wednesday. The main reason? Antarctica. Scientists behind a new study published in the journal Nature used sophisticated computer models to decipher a longstanding riddle about how the massive, mostly uninhabited continent surrendered so much ice during...

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Antarctic Melt Surges Sea Level in Climate Change Recalculation

2016-03-31 13:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Newsmax: Climate scientists at two U.S. universities said the most recent U.N. report issued in 2013 on the effects of global warming had missed the real rate at which the ice covering the continent would melt, reported Reuters. That 2-year-old report said the worst case of man-made climate change would mean a sea-level rise of between 52 and 98 cm by 2100. The new study suggests the real rise could be 1.5 meters (5 ft), posing an even greater threat to cities from New York to Shanghai. "This could...

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