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sea-level rise
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Antarctica’s ‘doomsday’ glacier is heading for catastrophic collapse
The melting of Thwaites glacier is expected to accelerate International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration A six-year investigation into the…
Melting Antarctic ice could actually slow sea level rise
An ice shelf on the Weddell Sea in Antarctica Sergio Pitamitz/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Rising…
Warm water seeping under Antarctic ice sheets may accelerate melting
Aerial view of an ice sheet in Antarctica David Vaughan/BAS Antarctica’s melting ice sheets may retreat faster as…
The Sea Is Swallowing This Mexican Town
“That’s why my husband hardly ever goes out anymore. You have to go far out to sea,” says…
Engineers are diverting Mississippi river to restore Louisiana’s coast
Silt from the centre of the US runs down the Mississippi river to the sea Gerald Herbert/ AP…
US coastal cities face higher 2050 flood risk because they are sinking
New Orleans is at greater risk of further floods than we thought because of ground subsidence William A.…
Earthquakes hastened sea rise in Pacific islands by sinking the ground
Tutuila, the largest island in the US territory of American Samoa Peto Laszlo/Alamy The Samoan islands are sinking…