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The Role Of Managed Retreat In Adapting To Sea Level Rise

Energy Innovation

Mach and Miyuki Hino of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, and a full list of AGCI’s quarterly research updates covering recent climate change research on clean energy pathways is available online at [link]. The scope of people and properties exposed to potential damage from sea level rise is immense.

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Study: Climate change to blame for $8 billion of Hurricane Sandy damages

Grist

There is a universe in which Hurricane Sandy didn’t create quite so much devastation back in 2012; where the waters, which surged deep into subway tunnels and left parts of New York City in the dark for days, left some parts of the tri-state area unscathed. And that universe, according to scientists, is one without climate change.

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

Energy Innovation

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. Earth’s rapid warming since the 19 th century offers a unique challenge to the research community in projecting the extent of sea level rise (SLR) by 2100 and beyond.

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Legal Action Against High Emitters Failing to Use Latest Climate Science, Study Finds

DeSmogBlog

Attempts to sue polluting companies and governments over their responsibility for climate change would have a greater chance of success if they made better use of the latest science, according to a study by Oxford University researchers. The study reviewed 73 climate litigation cases against polluters across 14 jurisdictions.

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The best-case scenario for Greenland ice melt just got worse

Grist

Greenland’s melting ice sheet will raise global sea levels by at least 10.6 inches, twice as much as previous estimates, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change. The new research suggests that extreme temperatures could eventually trigger as much as 30 inches of sea-level rise.

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You Can't Say You Haven't Been Warned

Green Market Oracle

In 2012 scientists warned us that our oceans are dying but we did not respond. We ignored these warnings and we keep pumping climate change causing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere at record breaking rates. Everyone from Stephen Hawkings to President Obama have warned us of the urgent need to act on climate change.

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The IPCC report brings the future of the climate into clearer focus

Envirotec Magazine

Mountains in the Arctic in 2012: The region can expect an ice-free summer “at least once before 2050”, under even the most optimistic scenarios described in the latest IPCC report (image credit: duncan c , CC BY-NC 2.0 The IPCC 6th Assessment Report (AR6) combined the bad news, that a global temperature rise of 1.5°C