Since the industrial revolution, sea-level rise has been fast by natural standards. It may reach 80cm above today’s sea-level…
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Climate change is causing the North Pole to shift, owing to subtle changes in Earth’s rotation that result from the melting…
As the science on the coastal impacts of climate change gets stronger, the protections for Australia’s coastal communities are getting weaker. If that continues, everyone will pay. Along the eastern seaboard…
New research has found that human activity could be damaging wetlands’ natural defence to rising sea levels. The study by…
Sea level rise and shoreline retreat are the two key factors predicted to cause an increase in flood risk in the future…
Global sea levels are expected to rise between 0.7 and 1.2 metres by the end of the century if global warming continues at…
Analyses of the deepwater, or mesophotic, reefs of the Great Barrier Reef has shown how the reef responds to global sea level…
Scientists are able to more accurately predict sea level rise thanks to new research into how glaciers respond to climate…
Rising sea levels caused by global warming are putting island habitats that hold 20% of the world’s biodiversity at risk…
The general thrust of the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report - released on Friday – can be summarised as: “there is now more evidence that climate change is occurring”. Antarctica and the Southern Ocean are…
Australia has the capacity to absorb enough water to temporarily halt long-term sea level rise. Research led by the National…
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