A New York Times Report on Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco * Home values could fall significantly. * Banks could stop lending to flood-prone communities. * Towns could lose the tax money they need to build sea walls and other protections. * Volatility related to climate change has become “increasingly relevant” as a consideration […]
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Financial Risks From Climate Change
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Climate Change, Real Estate Mortgages, Flood Insurance and You
From https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-mortgages-idUSKBN1WE0D3 “The market’s failure to integrate climate science with investment analysis has created a mispricing phenomenon that is possibly larger than the mortgage credit bubble of the mid-2000s” “a key culprit for the mispriced risk in the U.S. mortgage market is outdated flood maps drawn by the federal government.” “Due to budget cuts, more […]
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The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate
The latest Intergovernmental Panelon Climate Change (IPCC)Special Report high lights the urgency of prioritizing timely, ambitious and coordinated action to address unprecedented and enduring changes in the ocean and cryosphere. The report states the sea level is rising much faster than previously forecast. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns one billion people will […]
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Ocean Front Property
Sidd said: It has been fifteen years i think i said “The ocean is very large and wants in your basement” Nyhoo, here’s an article https://news.sky.com/story/dont-buy-coastal-properties-un-scientists-issue-stark-warning-on-climate-11819030 No part of the planet will be spared a climate crisis as oceans warm and glaciers and ice sheets melt, according to a report by United Nations scientists. The […]
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Volumetric or Cubical Expansion Coefficients of Water?
I asked: I’ve been trying to consider the Volumetric or Cubical Expansion Coefficients of Liquids and how it relates to water and climate change It’s hard to wrap my head around… especially when you add melting sea ice to the equation What do you think? Will warmer water increase sea level rise even greater… the […]
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Coastal Flooding
open access paper on flood risk: 100yr floods will occur every year in New England and Midatlantic United States 1-30 yr repeat time for coast further south https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-11755-z
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Real Estate Value and Rising Sea Level
“A very simple way of thinking about it is that it will be tens of thousands of dollars per resident in places that may not have a large tax base” “Globally, the question of equity is even more acute, with cities in developed nations far better able to fund climate change adaptation projects than in […]
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Do You Need Flood Insurance?
by Daniel Brouse and Sidd Mukherjee There’s a thing about climate change and a rising sea level that took me a while to grasp… a lot of the water isn’t actually in the sea. As more water accumulates in the sea and the temperature rises, more energy is also being stored in the sea. Now, […]
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Pollution Kills
by Daniel Brouse and Sidd Mukherjee Pollution will kill you. Usually, it is a slow, painful death. For the last 20 years, the American Lung Association has analyzed data from official air quality monitors to compile the “State of the Air” report. The most recent report found the United States recorded more days with hazardous […]
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Will Tree Species Survive Climate Change?
A Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources article reported: The theory of evolution suggests that species will adapt to changing environmental conditions. The belief is that these changes occur over long periods of geologic time. But, instead of warming over a period of 1,000 years, the climate is changing faster due to human activity […]
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