The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 1, 2024

Many cities will have disappeared due to sea-level rise. Many people would be malnourished. Forests would be stripped back into savannahs. Island nations would be completely submerged. Climate refugees will be on the move. Normal” temperatures in many parts of the world would be unbearable.

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Eco-Business

MAY 26, 2023

Investors are wary about pouring in money for the installation of early warning devices and the building of defenses against sea level rise now, just as they were cautious about investing in emerging solar technology a decade ago.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

The Greenland Ice Sheet is of critical importance to human society because of its role in global sea-level rise, and is of particular concern because it is melting at an increasing rate.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The collapse of Thwaites alone could lead to about 3 feet of sea-level rise. The Thwaites Glacier, which is about the size of Florida, holds the rest of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet together. Antarctica’s glaciers are melting from above and below, like a Popsicle that you just can’t lick fast enough to keep under control.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

JUNE 8, 2022

As reported in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate , “[t]he ocean is essential for all aspects of human well-being and livelihood” and ocean warming, acidification and sea level rise are impacting fisheries and food production and depleting key ecosystem services.

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Planet Pulse

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Below, we’ve gathered just a small subset of the various scientific breakthroughs that will be showcased by Planet data users at AGU: Scientists from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology assessed plant phenology in agricultural fields using Planet Fusion and an NDVI time series analysis. SkySat image of Malé in the Maldives.

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Planet Pulse

MAY 6, 2021

The country’s location also makes it vulnerable to other natural disasters including frequent earthquakes, volcanic eruptions as well as tsunamis, sea-level rise, storm surges, landslides, flooding, and drought.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The findings, which follow analyses of satellite imagery, indicate that a natural buffer that prevents the glaciers from breaking away is deteriorating at a rapid rate and could lead to destructive sea level rise. Currently, the two glaciers already contribute to about 5% of global sea level rise.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

A global energy company wanted to undertake a physical risk assessment to understand the firm’s potential exposure to climate hazards, such as heatwaves, wildfires, droughts and sea-level rise that could lead to supply chain disruptions and increased operating costs for the business.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

“Our study illustrates that implementing advanced wastewater treatment or distributed wastewater (DWT) technologies in key locations may allow for decreased nutrient loading and improved estuarine water quality and seagrass health in the Indian River Lagoon and elsewhere with similar conditions.

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Grist

MAY 17, 2021

Now, using acoustic imaging technology that continuously X-rays the layers of sediment beneath the seafloor, they are collecting much more granular data than others have been able to in the past, enabling them to create more detailed maps of the Trinity. The past is the key to the future,” said Goff.

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Planet Pulse

JULY 13, 2021

None of this will be possible without digital technologies, new platforms and new applications in areas like internet connectivity and advanced broadband, remote sensing (including everything from the Internet of Things to satellites); data science and artificial intelligence, cloud computing and enterprise software.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

A new study using leading edge technology has shed surprising light on the ancient habitat where some of the first dinosaurs roamed in the UK around 200 million years ago. The study, carried out with the British Geological Survey, demonstrates the level of detail that can be drawn from geological information using modern analytical tools.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

According to DeSmog’s investigation, they include icon carver and YouTuber Jonathan Pageau, who has characterized fears about climate change as “secular apocalypticism,” as well as podcaster and author Michael Malice, who has said that projections of sea-level rise are “literally a religious belief.”

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GreenBiz

JULY 22, 2020

Climate TRACE is just the latest example of the former vice president’s decades-long commitment to educating the world about the climate crisis, through The Climate Reality Project, and to investing in technologies and solutions that could address it, through Generation Investment Manager. . And let’s go to the semiconductor industry.

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2021

The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets contain the equivalent of 65 meters of sea-level rise, and the more they melt, the more they absorb sunlight, driving them to melt faster. National GDP numbers integrate a huge range of influences: government policy, technological innovation, recession and booms.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 2, 2024

Processing aerial images for remote job-site inspections Informing adoption of grid-enhancing technologies and accelerating interconnection queues to get projects connected to the grid Enabling modelling for distributed energy resource adoption to anticipate distribution system upgrades and implications for load and load shape.

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EDF + Business

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Businesses in response are making strategic, longer-term changes to become more resilient to increased climate impacts like drought, wildfire, extreme weather and sea level rise. Technology has led to remarkable advancements in supply chain management. Second, innovate to build resilience.

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Grist

APRIL 5, 2020

“We have a narrow window of opportunity to deliver a healthy ocean to our grandchildren, and we have the knowledge and tools to do so,” said Carlos Duarte, of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia, who led the review. However, progress is far from straightforward.

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Grist

AUGUST 4, 2021

Floodplains are expanding into new areas with dense populations due to sea-level rise and land-use change, but the researchers also think people are building at an accelerated pace in flood-prone areas. He said there have been advances in satellites and other technologies that have made better data available.

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Grist

MARCH 27, 2024

As climate change increasingly leaves no city untouched, museums are confronting the reality that rising temperatures and volatile weather threaten their conservation efforts — and they’re turning to new technologies, and, in some cases, challenging conventional conservation wisdom, to stay ahead and minimize their impact.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 29, 2020

The tower, which will be the tallest building on campus , will feature a suite of energy-saving and energy-generating technologies, including geothermal wells, state-of-the-art shading systems and triple-glazed windows. The tower will also be built 5 feet above the city for Boston’s suggested level for sea level rise.

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Grist

MARCH 20, 2023

Melting ice caps and ocean expansion have contributed to sea-level rise of nearly eight inches, heat waves and flooding have become more prevalent, and damage to the natural world is worse and more widespread than ever before. Drawing on the IPCC’s previous publications, the report says global temperatures have risen 1.1

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2021

We can't ignore the irrefutable signals the planet is sending humankind in the form of super-powered storms (such as the ones that hit the West Coast and East Coast this week), the wildfires, droughts, searing temperature increases, sea-level rise and so forth. Another big thing is tipping in climate tech's favor.

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2020

Specifically, it calls for governments to adopt a range of adaptation and mitigation measures, including natural, technical, and technological measures to curb enhance water security, limit greenhouse gas emissions, and protect the environment.

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Grist

MARCH 26, 2021

To avoid the most disastrous sea-level rise, storms, heat waves, and drought, the best available science says that greenhouse gas emissions must be cut in half in the next decade or so and brought to net-zero by the middle of the century.

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Green Market Oracle

MARCH 3, 2020

s National Oceanographic Centre, the costs of sea level rise alone could exceed $14 trillion a year by 2100. When we add up the costs of action and compare them to the costs of inaction the value equation becomes clear. According to the U.K.’s The costs are already being felt.

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Grist

DECEMBER 2, 2019

It’s already happening in the world of education, where there’s a push to expand the well-funded focus on science, technology, engineering, and math, or STEM, to include art. It was looking at the history of the waterfront and how climate change is affecting it, because sea-level rise has been a huge problem, especially with increased storms.

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Earth Gratitude

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

The map below, which has been assembled by the Union of Concerned Scientists , shows the cities along the Gulf of Mexico and the Eastern Seaboard that are most at risk from sea level rise. cities most vulnerable to sea level rise. Map of U.S. © The Union of Concerned Scientists. Used with permission.

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Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Carbon capture and sequestration have often been considered technologies of last resort. As emissions keep rising and global carbon budgets decline, it is becoming increasingly apparent that if we are to stave off the worst of climate change we must deploy and scale these desperate remedies as quickly as possible.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 30, 2023

  This week, the US and China have set the gameboard for a global Catan-like race to acquire metals resources – facing off in a tug of war that spans key technology and climate tech supply chains.  of global sea level rise. ⚡ Rhizome , a Washington D.C., With a consequence of potentially 5.3m

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2023

The technologies and solutions required to combat the climate crisis are ready, available and increasingly affordable, the report notes, highlighting the drastic cost reductions seen in solar, wind, and lithium-ion battery production over the last decade or so. Delivering on the Paris Agreement's goal of 1.5C

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2022

We would suggest that is arguably impossible, both economically and technologically. 350 ppm) that will not cause serious climate disruption, ice sheet destabilisation (leading to accelerating rate of sea level rise), and ocean acidification that is endangering the marine food chain which provides significant global protein.

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Andrew Winston

AUGUST 7, 2019

Countervailing forces will include a rising cost of living in the most desirable cities. Many highly populated coastal areas will be in consistent trouble, as sea levels rise. Clean Tech : The transformation of our grid, our roadways, and our buildings to zero-carbon technology will be surprisingly far along.

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Andrew Winston

AUGUST 7, 2019

Countervailing forces will include a rising cost of living in the most desirable cities. Many highly populated coastal areas will be in consistent trouble, as sea levels rise. Clean Tech : The transformation of our grid, our roadways, and our buildings to zero-carbon technology will be surprisingly far along.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Some invest in greener technology to meet the reduction targets in 2050 (green bars), while others do not invest and pay a high carbon tax or experience lost revenue resulting from bans on the use of certain materials (red bars). This shows a rapid increase in carbon tax, with companies reacting in various ways.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 22, 2021

The plans, available at The Solutions Project’s “ Clean Energy ” link, reveal the unique mix of wind, water and sun technologies capable of powering states, countries and even select U.S. One was environmental science and technology, and another was an energy systems class that focused on wind and solar power. Jacobson’s Early Story.

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