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An international team of environmental scientists led by the University of Pennsylvania has shown that sea-level rise along the Atlantic Coast of the United States was 2 millimeters faster in the 20th century than at any time in the past 4,000 years. http://www.physorg.com/news179664990.html Space & Earth Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:10:01 EST news179664990 (PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of environmental scientists led by the University of Pennsylvania has shown that sea-level rise along the Atlantic Coast of the United States was 2 millimeters faster in the 20th century than at any time in the past 4,000 years. http://www.physorg.com/news179082341.html Space & Earth Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:06:19 EST news179082341 The first comprehensive review of the state of Antarctica's climate and its relationship to the global climate system is published this week by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). The review - Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment - presents the latest research from the icy continent, identifies areas for future scientific research, and addresses the urgent questions that policy makers have about Antarctic melting, sea-level rise and biodiversity. http://www.physorg.com/news178867843.html Space & Earth Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:00:01 EST news178867843 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of Antarctica's past climate reveals that temperatures during the warm periods between ice ages (interglacials) may have been higher than previously thought. The latest analysis of ice core records suggests that Antarctic temperatures may have been up to 6°C warmer than the present day. http://www.physorg.com/news177773495.html Space & Earth Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:32:16 EST news177773495 (PhysOrg.com) -- Diverting sediment-rich water from the Mississippi River below New Orleans could generate new land in the river's delta in the next century. http://www.physorg.com/news175276001.html Space & Earth Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:10:01 EST news175276001 (PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO scientists have produced the first preliminary predictions of the potential impact of climate change on the Australian seabed. http://www.physorg.com/news174826577.html Space & Earth Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:56:48 EST news174826577 NASA begins a series of flights Oct. 15 to study changes to Antarctica's sea ice, glaciers and ice sheets. The flights are part of Operation Ice Bridge, a six-year campaign that is the largest airborne survey ever made of ice at Earth's polar regions. http://www.physorg.com/news174245200.html Space & Earth Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:10:02 EST news174245200 (PhysOrg.com) -- A leading climate scientist has presented new research findings on the increasing potential for a 4 degrees Celsius rise in global temperatures if the current high emissions of greenhouse gases continue. http://www.physorg.com/news173368462.html Space & Earth Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:30:17 EST news173368462 How to plan for sea level rise, a still-abstract concept for many Californians, drew serious consideration from engineers, designers and urban planners from Holland and the U.S. at a symposium held on Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news172861583.html Space & Earth Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:07:59 EST news172861583 NOAA, along with the Environmental Protection Agency, the International City/County Management Association and Rhode Island Sea Grant, has released a guide to bring smart growth to coastal and waterfront communities. http://www.physorg.com/news171802223.html Space & Earth Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:00:01 EST news171802223 (PhysOrg.com) -- The thinning of a gigantic glacier in Antarctica is accelerating, scientists warned today. http://www.physorg.com/news169471914.html Space & Earth Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:00:01 EST news169471914 Fossil coral data and temperature records derived from ice-core measurements have been used to place better constraints on future sea level rise, and to test sea level projections. http://www.physorg.com/news167906285.html Space & Earth Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:40:05 EST news167906285 Melting of the Greenland ice sheet this century may drive more water than previously thought toward the already threatened coastlines of New York, Boston, Halifax, and other cities in the northeastern United States and in Canada, according to new research led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). http://www.physorg.com/news162647903.html Space & Earth Wed, 27 May 2009 12:58:48 EST news162647903 The threat of global warming can still be greatly diminished if nations cut emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases by 70 percent this century, according to a new analysis. While global temperatures would rise, the most dangerous potential aspects of climate change, including massive losses of Arctic sea ice and permafrost and significant sea level rise, could be partially avoided. http://www.physorg.com/news158929344.html Space & Earth Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:03:30 EST news158929344 (PhysOrg.com) -- Urban areas around the world are places of hidden biodiversity that need to be protected and encouraged through smart urban design, said an authority in green city design. http://www.physorg.com/news157042906.html Biology Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:03:00 EST news157042906 (AP) -- From agricultural losses to devastation wrought by wildfires, California's economy is expected to see significant costs resulting from global warming in the decades ahead, according to a new report. http://www.physorg.com/news156062803.html Space & Earth Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:47:30 EST news156062803 Research presented today at the International Scientific Congress on Climate Change in Copenhagen shows that the upper range of sea level rise by 2100 could be in the range of about one meter, or possibly more. In the lower end of the spectrum it looks increasingly unlikely that sea level rise will be much less than 50 cm by 2100. This means that if emissions of greenhouse gases is not reduced quickly and substantially, even the best case scenario will hit low lying coastal areas housing one in ten humans on the planet hard. http://www.physorg.com/news155939575.html Space & Earth Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:33:28 EST news155939575 An international team of scientists led by the UK has been given the go-ahead to explore one of the planet's last great frontiers - an ancient lake hidden deep beneath Antarctica's ice sheet. Buried under 3 km of ice, the lake - the size of Lake Windermere (UK) - may have been isolated for hundreds of thousands of years and could contain unique forms of life. The team hopes the exploration will yield vital clues about life on Earth, climate change and future sea-level rise. http://www.physorg.com/news155225080.html Space & Earth Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:05:17 EST news155225080 If global warming some day causes the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to collapse, as many experts believe it could, the resulting sea level rise in much of the United States and other parts of the world would be significantly higher than is currently projected, a new study concludes. http://www.physorg.com/news153066381.html Space & Earth Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:26:50 EST news153066381 Temperature change in the Arctic is happening at a greater rate than other places in the Northern Hemisphere, and this is expected to continue in the future. http://www.physorg.com/news151326179.html Space & Earth Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:02:59 EST news151326179 (PhysOrg.com) -- Tomorrow, beach-goers will get a glimpse of what our coastlines may look like in 50 years, when New South Wales and South East Queensland experience the highest daytime ‘king tides` forecast for 2009. http://www.physorg.com/news150998525.html Space & Earth Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:02:05 EST news150998525