When #SeaLevelRise touches septic tanks, communities are in deep doo-doo.
"In 1999, with evidence that water quality was deteriorating along parts of the #Florida Keys, the state mandated that the island chain eliminate the use of tens of thousands of #SepticTanks and other outdated waste systems. The cost reached roughly $1 billion as Monroe County built centralized sewage and hooked up thousands of homes and businesses.
"#Mangroves are threatened by deforestation, development, pollution, and dam construction, but the risk to these ecosystems is increasing due to #SeaLevelRise and the increased frequency of severe storms associated with climate change. #ClimateChange threatens one third (33%) of the mangrove ecosystems assessed."
An international tribunal on Tuesday delivered a decision that green groups and leaders of small island nations celebrated as a “groundbreaking victory for ocean and climate protection."
"He said the faster rate of rising sea-level on #Bangladesh's coast will increase the vulnerability of coastal people and their livelihoods.
Salinity, coastal inundation, and storm surge height will increase. It could impact agriculture, food security, disaster management, health, drinking water supply, and coastal infrastructure.
The world's largest #mangrove forest and its ecosystem will be affected by rising sea-level and salinity."
"Generally, the city envisions a response that resembles a long jigsaw puzzle: small and varied projects that lock together to form one continuous flood barrier. All together, the projects would cost several billion dollars."
"Satellites equipped with radar or specialised sensors can measure the height and structure of forests... Satellite images can also help engage local people in restoration efforts and... help scientists map changes along the coast and assess how vulnerable mangroves might be."
"There is now a real danger that some significant #SeaLevelRise will occur in the next few decades as the ice sheets and glaciers of west #Antarctica continue to shrink. These are being eroded at their bases by warming ocean water and could disintegrate in a few decades."
Coastal dunes are retreating as sea levels rise - our research reveals the accelerating rate of change
In some parts of Australia, coastal dunes are retreating from the ocean at an alarming rate, as waves carve up the beach and wind blows the sand inland. But coastal communities are largely oblivious to the changes.
"The study combines measurements of land #subsidence obtained from satellites with #SeaLevelRise projections and tide charts, offering a more holistic projection of potential flooding risks in 32 cities located along the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts.
The study found 24 [of the 32 cities examined] are sinking more than 2 millimeters per year. Half of these cities have specific areas that are sinking faster than the global sea levels are rising."
Signs found of worryingly fast Antarctic ice melt - New Zealand expedition
"The changes to the sea-ice indicate that in the coming decades coastal cities will need to be reconfigured because of sea level rise, Stevens said.
While the effects these changes will cause to ecosystems will impact mammals like penguins, whales and seals, and weather systems would also change around the Southern Ocean."
"#SanFrancisco is one of several local cities sinking into the ground, according to new research.
"#Subsidence is part of the problem. But what's unique to us is a triple whammy of sea level rise, rising ground water, and low land flooding from more extreme storms. The Bay Area is ground zero for climate change and #SeaLevelRise. We are literally 8 million people living in a bathtub," said Chabot."
Nova Scotia where we confidently boast that nothing is more than 50 km from the sea... decides that the coast does not need protected and people will just do the right thing. (for themsleves esp if rich) Why don't conservatives want to conserve the coast line? Premier says they all get to decide for themselves.
Can we just be clear: ONE of the co-authors who suggested this was Dutch, the other was swedish and the proposal was made to highlight the stupidity of trying to solve the problem of sea level rise via geoengineering rather than reducing #FossilFuel use to prevent #ClimateChange - and I know this because I asked them.
Global Tribunal Issues ‘Historic’ Ruling for Oceans and Small Island Nations (lighthouse-eco.co.za)
An international tribunal on Tuesday delivered a decision that green groups and leaders of small island nations celebrated as a “groundbreaking victory for ocean and climate protection."