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Sea Level Rise: The Past As An Indicator Of The Future

Energy Innovation

New research focused on the mechanisms and rates of how snow and ice is lost to the ocean from the land, along with studies of past climates offer new insights into how much sea level may change in the coming years. Both approaches utilize computer models to further explore the relationship between sea level and climate.

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Study: Global warming will stay below 2 degrees C — if countries actually keep their promises

Grist

In the early 2010s, climate scientists were painting a grim picture of the future: If humans didn’t curb carbon dioxide emissions, the world was headed toward 4 degrees Celsius (7.2 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming by the end of the century. The prime minister of Barbados, for instance, called 2 degrees of warming a “death sentence.”.

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The ‘doomsday’ glacier is melting faster than scientists thought

Grist

Thwaites Glacier, often dubbed the “ Doomsday glacier, ” already accounts for 4 percent of the planet’s sea level rise and loses 50 billion tons of ice annually. The entire region is the gateway to an area that’s well below sea level.” Predicting the speed of ice loss and sea level rise is no easy task.

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Can the world overshoot its climate targets — and then fix it later?

Grist

degrees Celsius of global warming that has occurred to date. It will gain increasing importance as the herculean difficulty of reducing emissions to net zero and removing vast stores of carbon from the atmosphere become clearer.”. A carbon removal facility in Iceland that came online in 2021. Climeworks.

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The results are in from the Arctic’s annual checkup

Grist

The permafrost continues to thaw, potentially releasing up to 600 million tons of carbon into the atmosphere each year. And some fish populations in the Bering Sea, which supplies about 40 percent of the American seafood catch, have begun to migrate north as waters warm, threatening food webs.

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Immediate action is needed to ensure ‘a livable future for all,’ UN report says

Grist

The newest publication is an attempt to distill everything the panel has said since August 2021, when it began releasing its sixth assessment of global warming. There’s no new research in this latest report, but it injects new urgency into scientists’ and activists’ calls for rapid, systemic action from global decision-makers.

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Oil Spills Illustrate the Dangers of Fossil Fuels

Green Market Oracle

The fossil fuel industry is driving feedback loops that include both melting permafrost and sea level rise. The Arctic is warming faster than the rate of global average warming. billion carbon bomb paid for by Canadian taxpayers. billion in 2018 for its Canadian assets.