People watching the sunset during a London 2018 heatwave. By Anders Lorenzen An independent report commissioned by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, titled The London Climate Resilience Review and led by the former chair of the Environment Agency, Emma Howard Boyd, has warned that the UK’s capital is unprepared for climate-fuelled risks. As the world continues to warm in […]
Sea level rise due to melting glaciers on Greenland and in the Arctic and Antarctic could force the relocation of 267 million people and entire cities located less than 2 meters — 6.5 feet — from today’s waterline by 2100. Oceanographer John Englander has raised the alarm about sea level rise in his books, High Tide on Main Street and […]
Our planet faces wracking changes caused by climate change. Even if we lower greenhouse gas emissions to avoid crossing the 1.5 degree C danger line for global warming, the Earth is already warmer, the atmosphere is loaded with carbon dioxide that holds heat that used to escape into space, and we are heading for rises in sea levels that could […]
The Atlas of Disappearing Places, a new book by Christina Conklin and Marina Psaros, is a catalog of the coastal, island, and deep ocean locations around the world most at risk during the climate crisis. It also forecasts how humanity, including individuals, governments, and businesses, can collaborate to restore the planet. Christina Conklin, co-author of The Atlas of Disappearing Places, […]