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The NC sea level rise saga: reply to Dave Burton
Dave Burton of NC 20 published a reply here to recent post I did about natural and human-caused sea level rise, “Sea Level Rise 101“. This is a reply to his post and a clarification of some of his many...
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North Carolina sea level rise assessment report
The North Carolina Sea-Level Rise Assessment Report prepared by the N.C. Coastal Resources Commission’s Science Panel on Coastal Hazards was published in March 2010. The report immediately attracted...
View ArticleThe NC sea level rise saga: the lowdown
Below is a list of links and resources regarding the infamous North Carolina sea level rise saga. I will continue to update and will give this resource a permanent home in our sidebar. Please feel free...
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A new study forecasts sea level rise based on 2C of warming and the picture...
Sea levels around the world can be expected to rise by several metres in coming centuries, if global warming carries on. Even if global warming is limited to 2 degrees Celsius, global-mean sea level...
View ArticleYes, North Carolina sea level really is rising
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Five things I didn’t know about the ocean
My review of Professor Callum Roberts’ new book The Ocean of Life has just come out in Toronto’s Globe and Mail. This is the follow up to his first book An unnatural history of the sea (it was one of...
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What to do when the oceans rise
Last week I published my first book review at PLoS Biology with UNC undergraduate Lauren-Kristine Pryzant. We read and wrote about Tim McClanahan and Josh Cinner’s excellent new book, “Adapting to a...
View ArticleSea level rise for the west coast of the US
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How high will the oceans rise?
There is a nice article in the NYT today by Justin Gillis about new research designed to answer this question. The team is identifying fossil beaches from the pliocene (~ 3 millions years ago) that...
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Sea level rise in North Carolina
This is a post for my Marine Ecology class. We covered estuaries yesterday and will get to climate change impacts on the oceans soon. Sea level rise due to greenhouse gas emissions is one of the main...
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