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Earth is getting extra salty, an ‘existential threat’ to freshwater supplies

Grist

In coastal areas, sea-level rise can send salty ocean waters into the groundwater, making it undrinkable. In the United States, aquifers near the coastline — many of which are below sea level — supply 95 million people with drinking water. The biggest contributor to the issue in the U.S.?

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IPCC report: The 10 key conclusions

Business Green

The report today - the IPCC's first of its kind since 2013 - may not make for joyful reading on the state of the only habitable home humans have, but coming just weeks before the crucial COP26 Climate Summit its core conclusions could not be more essential to every business on the planet. And today the IPCC concluded the 1.5C

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234 scientists read 14,000+ research papers to write the upcoming IPCC climate report – here’s what you need to know and why it’s a big deal

DeSmogBlog

The last big IPCC assessment was released in 2013. Instead, you can read their shorter chapters on the scientific consensus on topics like extreme weather or regional changes in sea-level rise. Four RCPs were the focus of the future-looking climate modeling studies incorporated into the 2013 report.

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A sunken river valley could hold the key to protecting the Texas coast

Grist

Ultimately, the researchers will be able to compare and verify what they see in the acoustic imaging data with what they find in the cores to understand how the ancient coast evolved in response to sea-level rise. The past is the key to the future,” said Goff.

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House hunters are fleeing climate change, causing a new kind of gentrification

Grist

This story is already playing out in a number of coastal communities in South Florida, where sea-level rise is an imminent threat. The number of home sales in the region has steadily dropped since 2013, dragging down the once-high waterfront property prices.

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You Can't Say You Haven't Been Warned

Green Market Oracle

In 2013 The U.S. A 2019 IPCC report warned that we are seeing accelerated ice melt and sea level rise. The well documented effects of catastrophic warming includes cataclysmic flooding from sea level rise , more frequent and devastating extreme weather, massive wildfires , and chronic food shortages.

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Rain comes to the Arctic, with a cascade of troubling changes

Grist

All that rain is significant because the melting of the Greenland ice sheet — like the melting of other glaciers around the world — is one of the most important drivers of sea level rise. Caribou walk in the foreground of a glacier on July 12, 2013 in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland.