Protecting the Netherlands from Rising Sea Levels: Feasibility and Challenges

Protecting the Netherlands from Rising Sea Levels: Feasibility and Challenges

ANPBiesbosch at high water NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 05:02 Rolf Schuttenhelm editor Climate Rolf Schuttenhelm editor Climate Technically it is probably possible to continue to protect the Netherlands against flooding up to a sea level rise of up to 3 meters. This includes spraying more sand and increasingly heavier dikes, according to a report published today on … Read more

The Impact of Climate Change on World Heritage Sites

The Impact of Climate Change on World Heritage Sites

Palace of Westminster, United Kingdom The Palace of Westminster is another important UK World Heritage Site. And it is expected thatWorld Heritage site in dangerThis will be affected by Climate Change in the Thames Estuary sea level rising from the 1961-1990 average of about 0.26 – 0.86 meters by the 2080s. The mouth of the … Read more

New Research Reveals New York City is Sinking Due to Weight of Its Buildings, Increasing Flood Risk

Christian Garavaglia Meteored Argentine 27/05/2023 05:00 5 min New York currently ranks third in the world in terms of coastal flood risk. new research concluded that New York City is sinking in part because of the extraordinary weight of its soaring buildings, which aggravates the threat of flooding that the rise in sea level imposes … Read more

“New Study Reveals Glacier Tides Could Accelerate Sea Level Rise”

A large glacier in northwest Greenland is interacting with ocean tides, scientists say, resulting in previously unknown melting and potentially faster rise in sea levels. The group of glaciologists from the University of California Irvine (UCI) and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) published the study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. … Read more