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You may have noticed that it’s been a tad bit zesty outside this week—New York City has been under a heat advisory since Monday as…
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What’s Crucial in Biden’s Infrastructure Bill: Water Investments
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The Ongoing Collapse of the World’s Aquifers
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By Carey Gillam Photo: Carey Gillam
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Science Empowering Communities In The Face Of Flooding
Science Empowering Communities In The Face Of Flooding
Surging Waters: Science Empowering Communities in the Face of Flooding is a report produced by AGU, a global not-for-profit scientific society dedicated to advancing the Earth and space sciences for the benefit of humanity.
The United Nations world water development report 2020: water and climate change
The United Nations world water development report 2020: water and climate change
UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme.
NASA-led Study Reveals the Causes of Sea Level Rise Since 1900
NASA-led Study Reveals the Causes of Sea Level Rise Since 1900
Photo: NASA 8/21/20
To make better predictions about the future impacts of sea level rise, new techniques are being developed to fill gaps in the historic record of sea level measurements. We know the factors that play a…
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Battling America’s ‘dirty secret’
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A wetter and warmer Alaska means dangerously slippery slopes
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n hour before sundown on Dec. 2, Lilly Ford and her family heard a “strange, low rumble” outside of her home in Haines, Alaska. It lasted about a minute as a 600-foot-wide slurry of timber,…
Sea Level Projections Drive San Francisco’s Adaptation Planning
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As a utilities planner for the City and County of San Francisco, David Behar knows that access to the latest information about sea level rise is crucial to his job — and his city.
New High Tide Flooding Projection Tool Aids U.S. Coastal Decision Making
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By Alan Buis 12/10/20
A new tool developed with funding from NASA’s Earth Science Division helps decision makers and others assess how sea level rise and other factors will affect the frequency of high tide flooding in U.S. coastal…
Rising seas: California’s affordable housing faces worse floods
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By Julie Cart Photo: Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
For low-income Americans, the number of homes at risk of flooding could triple by 2050, researchers say. Three Bay Area cities are among the top at-risk communities.
Rooftop Camera Will Track How Local Forests Change With the Climate
Rooftop Camera Will Track How Local Forests Change With the Climate
By Sarah Fecht 11/3/20
A new rooftop camera at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory will help researchers study how the local forest is responding to the weather, seasonal shifts, and the changing climate.
Deadly bacteria lurk in coastal waters. Climate change increases the risks
Deadly bacteria lurk in coastal waters. Climate change increases the risks
Illustration: Joanna Eberts
Health workers see Vibrio as a rare danger, if they’ve heard of it at all. But it’s already causing more cases of flesh-eating disease. And it’s poised to get worse.
Nonprofit Shares Importance of Water Conservation
Nonprofit Shares Importance of Water Conservation
By Taylor Bruck 10/19/20
Water is life for everyone and everything in this world. With the urgency of climate change, water guru Erin Huber doesn’t take it for granted.
How thawing permafrost could fuel climate warming
How thawing permafrost could fuel climate warming
10/05/2020
In the coldest regions of planet Earth, ice binds together soil, rock, sand and organic matter. This layer of permafrost can begin just centimeters below the Earth’s surface.
Energy dominance or climate action: Trump, Biden and the fate of public lands
Energy dominance or climate action: Trump, Biden and the fate of public lands
By Paige Blankenbuehler Photo: Andrew Miller/High Country News 10/1/20
In Grand Junction, Colorado, the presidential election is a choice between two distinct energy futures.
