sea level rise
Assessment Outlines Future Climate Changes, Impacts in SW
The Southwest U.S. will continue to get warmer over the 21st century, with fewer cold waves and longer, hotter heat waves, according to an expansive new book published by Island Press.
Global Warming to Increase CA Coastal Flooding
The frequency of flooding is expected to substantially increase over the 21st century in coastal California due to heavier rainfall from warming-induced intensification of the hydrologic cycle, sea-level rise, and storm surge.
Sea Level Rising Faster Than Predicted
Sea level has been rising 60 percent faster than the best estimates of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) over the past two decades, according to a new study published in Environmental Research Le
22-Foot Sea Level Rise by 3000?
Even if the world stopped emitting greenhouse gases today, global sea levels would continue to rise by about 3.6 feet by the year 3000, according to a recently published study in Environmental Research Letters.
Sea Levels along CA, Northeast Coasts Rising Faster than Average
Three new studies assess predicted sea level rise both locally—U.S. west and east coasts—and globally.
Groundwater Pumping a Large Contributor to Sea Level Rise
About 42 percent of the observed sea-level rise between 1961 and 2003, or about 0.03 inches per year, were from sources other than thermal expansion and melting glaciers and ice sheets, according to a new study in Nature Geoscience.
Millions Face Sea Level Rise Flood Risk
Over 3 million people in the U.S. could face the threat of sea level rise within the next century, according to a new study in Environmental Research Letters.
Climate Change Will Necessitate Flexible Planning in CA Bay-Delta-River System
A new study published in PLoS ONE by USGS scientists and other colleagues investigates the likely impacts of climate change on the biology, geography, and water supplies of California’s San Francisco Bay-Delta-River System.
San Francisco Establishes New Guidelines for Building Along Shorelines
The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission proposed an amendment to its original climate change bay plan.
Water Is Rising: Music and Dance Amid Climate Change
Evening performance will be held at Centennial Hall at 8pm. Panel Discussion will be held in the Center for Creative Photography, Rm. 108 from 12-1pm.