Local communities, researchers, governments and businesses are working together to identify coastal erosion risks and find sustainable solutions.
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For Pacific Islands, climate change trumps all other threats to their security. While they welcome Australia’s new emission targets, this is an issue of survival that demands greater ambition.
Thwaites Glacier’s ice shelf appears to be splintering, and scientists fear it could give way in the next few years. A polar scientist takes us on a tour under the ice to explain the forces at work.
Co-author Chloe Gustafson and mountaineer Meghan Seifert install measuring equipment on an ice stream.
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If fossil fuel burning stopped, emerging research suggests air temperatures could level off sooner than expected. But that doesn’t mean the damage stops.
Apollo Beach, Fla., averages 3 feet above sea level, with many homes directly on the water.
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We asked 680 Florida real estate agents what they’re seeing in the market. Here’s what they said.
Dalat, a region in the central highlands of Vietnam, is known for its fertile land and the fruits and vegetables that grow there. As a consequence, interest in the Department of Agriculture at the Dalat Vocational Training College is high.
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Étienne Espagne, Agence française de développement (AFD); Alexis Drogoul, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD); Emmanuel Pannier, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD); Manh-Hung Nguyen, Toulouse School of Economics – École d'Économie de Toulouse; Marie-Noëlle Woillez, Agence française de développement (AFD), and Thanh Ngo-Duc, University of Science and Technology of Hanoi
Data analysis suggests local activity will intensify the effects of global warming - so adapting means rethinking national development strategies
Among the most exposed cultural sites are the iconic ruins of Tipasa in Algeria.
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Severe coastal flooding inundated islands in the Pacific last week, including the Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. It’s a taste of things to come.
Climate change is making ocean levels rise in two ways. It’s a problem that will endure even after the world stabilizes and slashes greenhouse gas pollution.