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The purpose of this working group is to discuss what is causing the rise in sea level, how to reduce the rate at which the seas are rising, and how to mitigate the impact that sea level rise is having and will have on our coastal communities.

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mdmcdonald

Email address for group

sea-level-rise@m.resiliencesystem.org

Residents of Panamanian Community Forced To Move As Caribbean Island Sinks

100-Year-Old Community Forced To Move As Caribbean Island Sinks

Residents of Gardi Sugdub are the first to be moved by the government to the Panama mainland as the sea rises, but several other communities will soon be impacted.

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Sea Levels May Rise Much Faster Than Previously Predicted, Swamping Coastal Cities Such as Shanghai, Study Finds

           

Icebergs off coast of Greenland. - Credit: Kertu / Adobe Stock

CLICK HERE - STUDY - PNAS - Ice sheet contributions to future sea-level rise from structured expert judgment

cnn.com - by Sareena Dayaram - May 21, 2019

Global sea levels could rise more than two meters (6.6 feet) by the end of this century if emissions continue unchecked, swamping major cities such as New York and Shanghai and displacing up to 187 million people, a new study warns.

The study, which was released Monday, says sea levels may rise much faster than previously estimated due to the accelerating melting of ice sheets in both Greenland and Antarctica.

The international researchers predict that in the worst case scenario under which global temperatures increase by 5 degrees Celsius (9 degrees Fahrenheit) by 2100, sea levels could rise by more than two meters (6.6 feet) in the same period -- double the upper limit outlined by the UN climate science panel's last major report.

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Greenland is Melting Even Faster Than Experts Thought, Study Finds

           

CLICK HERE - STUDY - PNAS - Forty-six years of Greenland Ice Sheet mass balance from 1972 to 2018

cnn.com - by Jen Christensen - April 23, 2019

Climate change is eliminating giant chunks of ice from Greenland at such a speed that the melt has already made a significant contribution to sea level rise, according to a new study. With global warming, the island will lose much more, threatening coastal cities around the world.

Forty percent to 50% of the planet's population is in cities that are vulnerable to sea rise, and the study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is bad news for places like New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Tokyo and Mumbai.

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CLICK HERE - NASA - GRACE-FO - Greenland Ice Loss 2002-2016

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