“There has been a 500% increase in the US drought area,” said Al Roker of the Today show while reporting on 2020 being tied for the hottest year. The Washington Post reports, “Drought is the sleeper weather story you’ll hear more about in 2021.” [1} “The impact of desertification is intensifying due to climate change, […]
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Droughts and Rising Sea Levels
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You Can Not Fight the Rising Tide
aA “Built atop spongy marsh and old tidal creeks filled with sawdust” A report by Yale School of the Environment found cities are going to lose the costly battle to hold back the sea. “It’s a nightmare,” says Ana Zimmerman, who moved her family to higher ground after her James Island home flooded twice. “wall-off […]
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Sea Level Rise and Real Estate
In the research paper, Sea level rise and coastal flooding threaten affordable housing, the authors explain how vast sections of real estate will become uninhabitable in the near future. About Flood Insurance Do I Need Flood Insurance? Flood Risks Across the USA Seriously Underestimated Climate Change: Suspension Of Belief Climate Denial and Climate Change Change […]
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Residential Real Estate Flood Risk Information
Do you know if you need flood insurance? Do you know if you have flood insurance? What happens when your house gets flooded? Flood risk information has not been readily available to the average consumer. Climate change is making your flood risk drastically increase. Now, one of the major real estate databases (Realtor.com) is making […]
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Greenland Ice Sheet: largest single contributor to rising sea levels.
Dynamic ice loss from the Greenland Ice Sheetdriven by sustained glacier retreat by Michalea D. King, Ian M. Howat, Salvatore G. Candela, Myoung J. Noh, Seonsgu Jeong, Brice P. Y. Noël, Michiel R. van den Broeke3, Bert Wouters, Adelaide Negrete Greenland-Ice-Sheet.pdf The Greenland Ice Sheet is losing mass at accelerated rates in the 21st century, […]
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Methane Emissions Soar to Record High
Methane is one of the most dangerous greenhouse gases… and, is part of an exponential negative feedback loop: Methane in the atmosphere causes the climate to warm A warmer climate causes permafrost to melt… Releasing more methane and CO2… Making the climate warmer… Melting more permafrost… Releasing more methane and CO2… Melting, more permafrost, etc., […]
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Far More Properties At Risk: Flood Insurance Exposure
The last link is a map that lets you find flood risk exposed properties by zipcode Far more properties at flood risk than estimated: ” far more U.S. homes — an estimated 14.6 million — face flooding conditions on par with those in FEMA’s 100-year floodplain. In contrast, FEMA’s maps classify 8.7 million homes as […]
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Climate Change and Mortgage Change
New York Times By Christopher Flavelle June 19, 2020 Rising Seas Threaten an American Institution: The 30-Year Mortgage Climate change is starting to transform the classic home loan, a fixture of the American experience and financial system that dates back generations. WASHINGTON — Up and down the coastline, rising seas and climate change are transforming […]
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Climate Change 2020
Our Infrastructure Is Being Built for a Climate That’s Already Gone Our drain pipes, reservoirs, power lines, roads, sewage systems, and more are all designed based on past climate data. But with the climate crisis comes the uncomfortable realization that the past can’t predict what we’ll need in the future. by Shayla Love Jun 2 […]
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Vulnerability in the Antarctic Ice Sheet
Scientists just discovered a massive new vulnerability in the Antarctic ice sheet Scientists have found a new point of major vulnerability in the Antarctic ice sheet, in a region that already appears to be changing as the climate warms and has the potential to raise sea levels by nearly five feet over the long term. […]