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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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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

When you’ve followed the evolving research of a leading clean energy expert and become a supporter of his vision for a global clean energy transition, it should come as no surprise that I was eager to crack open Mark Jacobson’s 2021 book release, 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything. Jacobson’s Early Story.

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Empty labs, abandoned research: Coronavirus puts climate science on hold

Grist

Bristol is studying samples of soil and ice extracted from the north Alaskan coast in 2018. Bristol is trying to understand how much of that carbon stored in the melting permafrost makes its way into the sea, and eventually, into the atmosphere, where it will help heat up the planet. Article continues below. More in this series.

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

Grist

Between 7,000 and 9,000 years ago, as glaciers melted, sea levels rose rapidly, burying miles of the Trinity River Valley — along with its mounds of sand — beneath the seafloor. The eight scientists aboard alternate 12-hour shifts, so there’s always someone awake to monitor the equipment.

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Why We Need Carbon Capture and Sequestration

Green Market Oracle

degrees Celsius above preindustrial norms (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC], 2018), however, we are rapidly running out of time as we are already more than two thirds of the way there. An IPCC report (2018) indicates that all remaining gas and coal fired power plants need CCS technology. And we’re on the clock.

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Addressing Inequities In The Mental Health Burden Of Climate Change

Energy Innovation

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. Achieving and sustaining that level of action requires that people are not incapacitated by climate anxiety or despair. Source: Lebel et al.

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Rising groundwater levels are threatening clean air and water across the country

Grist

West Oakland, California Grist / Getty Images Oceans do not stop where the sea meets the shore. Many Americans are familiar with sea-level rise. They think that building a levee is going to protect them from rising seawater. They can also enter directly through cracks in building foundations.