President Anote Tong has a problem. He leads a country which is very seriously threatened by climate change. The incursion of sea water into the islands’ drinking water is real and as most of the coral atolls are only a few metres above sea level, a rise in sea level means the end of the country.

So what do you do? Clearly trying to persuade the (more…)

The vast majority of our scientists tell us that climate change is already manifest, evidenced by the startling increase in extreme weather events, the melting of the glaciers, the measurable rises in the sea levels, etc.

The pH of the oceans is falling, potable water is becoming scarcer, food shortages are becoming (more…)

The 2010 BP oil spill hastened the loss of Louisiana’s already fragile salt marshlands, a new study says.

In a comparison of erosion rates at three healthy marsh sites and three areas affected by the oil spill, University of Florida scientists found that oil from the spill coated thick grasses on the outer edge of some wetlands, killing off salt marsh plants 15 to 30 feet from the shoreline. (more…)

A 600-mile stretch of the U.S. East Coast is experiencing rates of sea level rise that are three to four times greater than the global average, according a new study.

In a new analysis, scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) found that sea levels from Boston, Mass. to Cape Hatteras, N.C. have risen 2 to 3.7 (more…)

Rising sea levels projected over the next century could trigger uneven economic gains and losses for towns along the California coast, according to a new study.

Using a series of models to predict the effects of climate-related sea level rise at 51 Southern California beaches, researchers projected that some (more…)