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Headline	Author	Published	Section
The tipping of the iceberg New sea-level rise research, part 1: 'Most likely' 0.8 to 2.0 meters by 2100	Joseph Romm	05 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Two major new studies, in Nature and Science, sharply increase the projected sea-level rise (SLR) by 2100. This post discusses the Science study ($ub. req'd), 'Kinematic Constraints on Glacier Contributions to 21st-Century Sea-Level Rise,' which concludes: On the basis of calculations presented here, we suggest that an improved estimate of the range of SLR to 2100 including increased ice dynamics lies between 0.8 and 2.0 m. ... these values give a context and start ...
Topics: oceans, climate science, climate change impacts, climate (all these topics)

Hurri-cane we stop these storms? Why global warming means killer storms worse than Katrina and Gustav, part 1	Joseph Romm	03 Sep 2008	Gristmill
Hurricanes can get much, much bigger and stronger than we have so far seen in the Atlantic. The most intense Pacific storm on record was Super Typhoon Tip in 1979, which reached maximum sustained winds of 190 mph near the center. On its wide rim, gale-force winds (39 mph) extended over a diameter of an astonishing 1,350 miles. It would have covered nearly half the continental United States. 'More than half the total hurricane damage in the U.S. (normalized for infla ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, oceans, severe weather (all these topics)

Henry Hudson would be delighted North Pole an 'island' for first time in 125,000 years	Joseph Romm	03 Sep 2008	Gristmill
The fabled Northwest and Northeast passages are now open. That makes the North Pole an island for the first time in human history, most likely for the first time 'since the beginning of the last Ice Age 125,000 years ago.' In the last few days, however, Arctic ice melt has slowed, so we might not see a record this year, as the NSIDC daily graph makes clear: But whether a record is set this year has little bearing on the future of the Arctic. The National Snow ...
Topics: Arctic, climate, climate change impacts, climate science, oceans (all these topics)

In hot water Ocean temperture levels indicate planet has kept warming since 1998	Joseph Romm	21 Aug 2008	Gristmill
As part of their climate myth series, New Scientist cuts through the nonsense on what's happened globally in the last decade: In fact, the planet as a whole has warmed since 1998, even in the years when surface temperatures have fallen.According to the dataset of the UK Met Office Hadley Centre (see figure, right), 1998 was the warmest year by far since records began, but since 2003 there has been slight cooling.But according to the dataset of NASA's Goddard Inst ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, oceans, scientific research (all these topics)

See levels rise Jet Propulsion Laboratory has new climate website that shows global sea-level trends	Joseph Romm	02 Aug 2008	Gristmill
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory has a very good new website on global climate change. It offers a nice summary of the relevant science in a variety of areas: key indicators, evidence, causes, effects, uncertainties, and solutions. The website is a good place to send people who are uninformed on global warming, but looking for basic information. JPL has a very nice front-page banner with pulldown menus providing data on 'Vital Signs of the Planet,' including Arctic s ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, oceans (all these topics)

Getting a Rise Out of You Oceans warming faster than thought, says research		18 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 3:39 PM on 18 Jun 2008 The world's oceans have warmed 50 percent faster over the last four decades than what was previously thought, according to a new study published in Nature. The new research helps to explain recent sea-level rise that climate models weren't accounting for; melting ice gets all the press, but since heat expands, hotter water also contributes to rising seas. The research gives ''significant ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, news, oceans (all these topics)

Greenland study Sea-level rise could be double IPCC projections	Joseph Romm	12 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Last year, Nature Geoscience and Science (PDF) published major articles suggesting that the consensus projection for sea-level rise this century was far too low -- and could be as high as five feet. Now the Journal of Glaciology joins in with a remarkable analysis, 'Intermittent thinning of Jakobshavn Isbr�, West Greenland, since the Little Ice Age' (PDF). The lead author, Beata Csatho from the University of Buffalo, explains implications of this work for the traditi ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, IPCC, oceans (all these topics)

U.S. miscalculates threat of global warming Sea-level rise at our doorstep; puts nation at risk	Edward Mazria	03 Jan 2008	Gristmill
What the scientific community has failed to communicate, and the public has failed to grasp, is that the U.S. is particularly vulnerable to very small increments of sea-level rise. The IPCC Fourth Assessment projects a sea-level rise of 0.18 meters to 0.59 meters this century. Even though the report includes a caveat that this range does not include any significant contribution from the Greenland and West Antarctica ice sheets, global warming skeptics continua ...
Topics: climate change impacts, oceans, climate science, climate (all these topics)

The rising tide Sea levels may rise five feet by 2100	Joseph Romm	31 Dec 2007	Gristmill
A recent Nature Geoscience study, 'High rates of sea-level rise during the last interglacial period,' ($ubs. req'd) finds that sea levels could rise twice what the IPCC had project for 2100. This confirms what many scientists have recently warned (also see here), and it matches the conclusion of a study (PDF) earlier this year in Science. [As an aside, in one debate with a denier -- can't remember who, they all kind of merge together -- I was challenged: 'Name one ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, oceans (all these topics)

A meter of sea level rise by 2100? Sea levels may rise much faster and higher than predicted	Joseph Romm	21 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Popular Science has published a terrific article, 'Konrad Steffen: The Global Warming Prophet,' about one of the world's leading climatologists. Steffen has spent '18 consecutive springs on the Greenland ice cap, personally building and installing the weather stations that help the world's scientists understand what's happening up there.' The article notes: Water from the melting ice sheet is gushing into the North Atlantic much faster than scientists had previousl ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate science, oceans (all these topics)

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