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The levels of the world's oceans and seas are rising due to the effects of climate change. Research shows that global sea level rises began towards the beginning of the 20th century and have swelled over 8 inches since the late 19th century.
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APR 26, 2018Earth & The Environment
You know all those paradise islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean – the ones that you see in adventure magazi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 18, 2018Earth & The Environment
Imagine a model twice the size of a basketball court, filled with twists and turns and peaks and valleys. The size of it ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 13, 2018Earth & The Environment
What happens when the ocean doesn’t circulate as it should? Though you might not realize it, the natural circulati ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 29, 2018Earth & The Environment
Western Greenland is melting, and the rate has sped up dramatically in the last twenty years, reported researchers at Da ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 15, 2018Microbiology
New work reveals how the marine food web is directly impacted by atmospheric carbon dioxide.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 14, 2018Earth & The Environment
And you thought that you were done with report cards once you finished high school…. Well, a new study from Willi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 02, 2018Earth & The Environment
Did you know that the ocean acts as the world’s biggest carbon sink? That means that it stores a vast amount of ca ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 18, 2018Earth & The Environment
Does climate change keep you up at night? Between thinking about wildfires and ocean acidification and starving polar be ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 21, 2017Earth & The Environment
You probably know that darker colors absorb more heat. Ever walked barefoot on a blacktop in the summer sun? Ouch! Well ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 15, 2017Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences may change the way we think abou ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 10, 2017Technology
Marine cloud brightening (MCB) is the process of changing the makeup of clouds to help them reflect more sunlight away f ...Written By: Julia TraversNOV 08, 2017Earth & The Environment
There is now more evidence that a still undiscovered geothermal mantle plume sits beneath Antarctica, acting as a heat s ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 04, 2017Earth & The Environment
Thirteen US federal agencies have come together to detail the most comprehensive report on climate change ever. Four hun ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 27, 2017Earth & The Environment
Okay, so let’s admit it: we know very little about the depths of our oceans. But staring straight into the face of ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 20, 2017Earth & The Environment
Ever since the Larsen C ice sheet in West Antarctica separated from the mainland several weeks ago, nerves have been hig ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 14, 2017Earth & The Environment
The exodus has begun. The number of towns relocating to escape climate change-driven sea level rise has reached 13, and ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 13, 2017Earth & The Environment
New Orleans has not had a good week with water. Flooding from a huge down pouring last Saturday left 9 inches of rain an ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 03, 2017Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Environmental Science and Technology proposes that shrinking of the Salton Sea saline lake i ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 26, 2017Earth & The Environment
Sea levels are rising and as a consequence so are the number of sea walls. However, until now the environmental impacts ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 17, 2017Earth & The Environment
Climate change driven sea level rise (SLR) is affecting and will continue to affect coastlines around the world. Due to ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 13, 2017Earth & The Environment
Here’s a scary statistic: by 2035 about 170 US communities will be in a state of chronic inundation. That’s ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 12, 2017Earth & The Environment
The Larsen C ice shelf has been flirting with dismantlement from Western Antarctica for months now, and in the last few ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 26, 2017Earth & The Environment
The UN predicts that by 2100 we will have a global population of 11 billion people. But by just 2060, about 1.4 billion ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 26, 2018
Earth & The Environment
You know all those paradise islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean – the ones that you see in adventure magazi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 18, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Imagine a model twice the size of a basketball court, filled with twists and turns and peaks and valleys. The size of it
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 13, 2018
Earth & The Environment
What happens when the ocean doesn’t circulate as it should? Though you might not realize it, the natural circulati
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 29, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Western Greenland is melting, and the rate has sped up dramatically in the last twenty years, reported researchers at Da
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 15, 2018
Microbiology
New work reveals how the marine food web is directly impacted by atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 14, 2018
Earth & The Environment
And you thought that you were done with report cards once you finished high school…. Well, a new study from Willi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 02, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Did you know that the ocean acts as the world’s biggest carbon sink? That means that it stores a vast amount of ca
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 18, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Does climate change keep you up at night? Between thinking about wildfires and ocean acidification and starving polar be
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 21, 2017
Earth & The Environment
You probably know that darker colors absorb more heat. Ever walked barefoot on a blacktop in the summer sun? Ouch! Well
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 15, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences may change the way we think abou
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 10, 2017
Technology
Marine cloud brightening (MCB) is the process of changing the makeup of clouds to help them reflect more sunlight away f
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
NOV 08, 2017
Earth & The Environment
There is now more evidence that a still undiscovered geothermal mantle plume sits beneath Antarctica, acting as a heat s
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 04, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Thirteen US federal agencies have come together to detail the most comprehensive report on climate change ever. Four hun
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 27, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Okay, so let’s admit it: we know very little about the depths of our oceans. But staring straight into the face of
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 20, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Ever since the Larsen C ice sheet in West Antarctica separated from the mainland several weeks ago, nerves have been hig
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 14, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The exodus has begun. The number of towns relocating to escape climate change-driven sea level rise has reached 13, and
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 13, 2017
Earth & The Environment
New Orleans has not had a good week with water. Flooding from a huge down pouring last Saturday left 9 inches of rain an
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 03, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Environmental Science and Technology proposes that shrinking of the Salton Sea saline lake i
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 26, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Sea levels are rising and as a consequence so are the number of sea walls. However, until now the environmental impacts
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 17, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Climate change driven sea level rise (SLR) is affecting and will continue to affect coastlines around the world. Due to
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 13, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Here’s a scary statistic: by 2035 about 170 US communities will be in a state of chronic inundation. That’s
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 12, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The Larsen C ice shelf has been flirting with dismantlement from Western Antarctica for months now, and in the last few
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 26, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The UN predicts that by 2100 we will have a global population of 11 billion people. But by just 2060, about 1.4 billion
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan