Tag: rising sea levels
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20 Photos That Perfectly Capture the Seriousness of Climate Change
Whether you are ready to admit it or not, climate change is real, and it is dire. It is changing the world around us more and more every day. This drastic change in the climate ruins the air we breathe, causing serious respiratory illnesses and other diseases. It kills land and marine animals, hindering the…
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NASA Reveals 2020 Tied for the Warmest Year Ever Recorded
According to recent research by NASA, 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year in Earth’s recorded history. Scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York studied the global average surface temperature for last year. They found that the temperature had risen 1.84 degrees Fahrenheit above the baseline 1951-1980 mean. 2020…
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NASA Study Reveals Sea Levels Could Rise 15 Inches by 2100
A study found that if greenhouse gas emissions continue at the current pace, sea levels could rise 15 inches by 2100. More than 60 ocean, ice, and atmosphere scientists worldwide from 36 international institutions contributed to the research. Their new estimates revealed that Greenland and Antarctica’s ice sheets alone could cause this surge in sea…
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Arctic Sea Ice Coverage at Second Lowest on Record
On September 15, 2020, the Arctic Sea ice extent reached the second lowest on record, measuring 1.44 million square miles. Satellite data by NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) helped make this discovery. This marks the second lowest sea ice cover since record-keeping began 42 years ago. Only 2012 had a…
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Researchers Confirm: Climate Change Causing Droughts and Wildfires
The world is on fire, and not enough attention is being put on this global disaster. So far, in 2020, the world has experienced some of the worst wildfires since wildfires have been tracked. Hotter, drier conditions due to climate change are making conditions more favorable for wildfires. Pair that with lightning storms that are…
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Antarctica Ice Sheets Melt and the Rising Sea Levels Threaten Cities
For those who are unfamiliar with the term global warming, it refers to a sustained increase in the Earth’s atmospheric temperature. And it goes a long way toward explaining why Antarctica is experiencing an increase in melting ice. Antarctica is the fifth-largest of the world’s seven continents, with a total surface size measuring about 5.5…