7-May-2026
Rapidly melting #Antarctic ice shelves may cause global #seaLevels to rise far faster than expected – new study
Global sea levels may rise faster than previously expected, a new study suggests. The reason is that warming oceans appear to be melting Antarctic ice shelves from below much more rapidly than expected

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1127097

#science #climatecatastrophe #SeaLevelRise

Yes it is far too late, and from the UK perspective, Glasgow and London (plus much else) are f*cked as well. But the US dash to pollute will not help anyone. And at least they can afford it as a nation (our could if the people benefiting from the income shared it). Pacific Nations, Bangladesh and man y other will not survive,.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/04/new-orleans-sea-levels-relocation-climate-crisis

#ClimateChange #SeaLevels #Blindness #Dishonesty

Between land and water: Tribal relocation and resistance

By Celia Llopis-Jepsen
Published April 6, 2026

"#ClimateChange is altering the land, and #Indigenous communities are on the frontline. This episode takes you to #Alaska, where rapid permafrost thaw is threatening the Native village of #Nunapitchuk. Then, we head to #Louisiana, where the #PointeAuChien Indian Tribe is losing its land to rising #SeaLevels. These tribes are forced to make a difficult decision between staying and adapting or leaving their ancestral homes. (This episode comes to us from the environmental podcast #SeaChange.)"

Listen:
https://www.kcur.org/2026-04-06/between-land-and-water-tribal-relocation-and-resistance

#SolarPunkSunday #IndigenousCommunities #ClimateChangeAdaptation #SeaLevelRise #AncestralLands #ClimateCrisis #KCUR

A More Troubling Picture of Sea Level Rise Is Coming into View

Scientists have uncovered a “blind spot” in the research on rising seas, revealing that tens of millions of people thought safe from coastal flooding are at risk of inundation. Across much of the world, sea levels are higher than previously assumed and land is sinking faster.

By Fred Pearce • April 9, 2026

Excerpt: "The other new study focused on the world’s #RiverDeltas. It has long been known that many #deltas are sinking under the influence of #Groundwater pumping. But as Robert Nicholls, climate adaptation researcher at the University of East Anglia, notes, 'There have been lots of different estimates.' Data were inconsistent and based on crude, delta-wide estimates. 'Now at last we have a consistent data set, with high spatial resolution.'

"That data comes from Leonard Ohenhen, an earth system scientist at the University of California, Irvine, who used satellite-mounted radar to produce 3D maps of subsidence on 40 of the world’s biggest and most populous river deltas. He has found that subsidence afflicts more than half those deltas. Most startlingly, in 18 cases subsidence rates exceed those of #RisingTides — hence, more than doubling the effective yearly rise in local sea levels, and in some cases multiplying it tenfold.

"This again puts tens of millions of people once thought safe from rising tides this century in imminent harm’s way, including those living on the deltas of the #Nile in #Egypt, the #Mekong in #Vietnam, the #Mahanadi in #India, and the #YellowRiver in #China. If the current rate of subsidence persists, these areas will be flooded much sooner than thought.

"Researchers say many deltas and other low-lying coastal areas not included in the two studies are at greater risk than believed and urgently require detailed investigation of both actual sea levels and the rate of land subsidence."

Read more:
https://e360.yale.edu/features/sea-level-rise-land-subsidence

#SeaLevelRise #Subsidience #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #SeaLevels #RiverDeltas #GroundwaterExtraction #BigWater

Inside the race to understand Greenland’s ‘climate tipping point’.

An international team of scientists is determined to understand just how quickly Greenland’s melting glaciers are pushing the Atlantic Ocean towards a “critical climate tipping point”.

They’ll also trial a prototype ‘Early Warning System’ for glacier change in Greenland, as ice melt continues to accelerate.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260315-inside-the-race-to-understand-greenlands-climate-tipping-point?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#ClimateChange #Greenland #Icebergs #SeaLevels #GlobalWarming #Glaciers #AtlanticOcean #Science

The risk of a hothouse Earth trajectory: massive, sometimes abrupt, and undoubtedly disruptive. A much less habitable state of the climate for us.

"The world is closer than thought to a “point of no return” after which runaway global heating cannot be stopped, scientists have said."

"The public and politicians were largely unaware of the risk of passing the point of no return, the researchers said. The group said they were issuing their warning because while rapid and immediate cuts to fossil fuel burning were challenging, reversing course was likely to be impossible once on the path to a hothouse Earth, even if emissions were eventually slashed."

“We know we are running profound risks on the current climate trajectory, which we can’t rule out could turn into a trajectory towards a much less habitable state of the climate for us. " >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/11/point-of-no-return-hothouse-earth-global-heating-climate-tipping-points
#FossilFuels #climate #HothouseEarth #AMOC #cryosphere #SeaLevels #habitability

The fate of the planet’s coastlines depends on how fast #Antarctica’s ice sheets #melt. We don’t know what’s coming.

Some regions of the continent have enough ice to push up #sealevels by 15 metres if they all melt, but researchers don’t yet fully understand the consequences.

#auspol #ClimateCrisis #USPol #environment

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/17/climate-antarctica-ice-sheets-glaciers-melting-research-affect-sea-levels