A level-headed take on new research about sea-level rise:

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.

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

#climatechange #climatecrisis #sealevelrise

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00257-6/abstract

"Sea-level rise is amplifying existing health inequities, driving new patterns of disease, accelerating displacement, and eroding the social, cultural, and ecological foundations of health."

#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #extinction #sealevelrise

Sea-level rise is a health crisis and we must hold polluters accountable https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/07/sea-level-rise-health-crisis-christiana-figueres

#environment #sea #SeaLevel #SeaLevelRise #health #pollution

#BBC:
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Satellite images reveal hidden cause of melting glaciers in Greenland

A new study has found that meltwater lakes at the edge of the Greenland ice sheet are accelerating the flow of major glaciers, potentially contributing to global sea level rise.
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https://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/ice-marginal-lakes-greenland

8.4.2026

#EO #Erdbeobachtung #Erderwärmung #glacier #Gletscher #GlobalWarming #Greenland #Grönland #IML #Klimakrise #Klimawandel #Meeresspiegelanstieg #Raumfahrt #Satelliten #SeaLevelRise #Sentinel #SpaceFlight

Mauri Pelto, Glaciologist who has spent 40+ years doing fieldwork on #glaciers , published yesterday in Nature Reviews "Global glacier mass change in 2025" put in perspective of the 50 year record

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-026-00777-z

#climatechange #climate #sealevel #Sealevelrise #GlacierMelt

World held hostage by reliance on fossil fuels,
Christiana Figueres warns – and climate health impacts are ‘mother of all injustices’

* "While the timing of the announcement – amid the US-Israel war on Iran – is coincidental, Figueres said the fuel crisis was “dramatic proof” of the global dependence on fossil fuels that is driving geopolitical instability and the health impacts the commission will examine."

“Companies should understand for their business continuation, they should reduce emissions. Governments should understand that in order for them to stabilise their economy, and protect their people, they should reduce emissions...I just think that enlightened self-interest based on scientific facts – which is what the commission is going to put forward – is a much more effective route to emission reductions than a legally binding agreement from which anybody can withdraw.”
https://www.theguardian.com/society/ng-interactive/2026/apr/08/world-held-hostage-reliance-fossil-fuels-health-christiana-figueres

* Sea-level rise is a health crisis and we must hold polluters accountable >>
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/07/sea-level-rise-health-crisis-christiana-figueres
#FossilFuel #climate #war #harm #oil #petrol #SeaLevelRise #coast #Pacific #inequality #ClimateCrisis #PolyCrisis #MobilityDesign #cars #accountability #liability

Lakes forming next to Greenland's melting ice sheet are speeding up glacier flow

A growing network of #meltwater lakes at the edge of the #Greenland ice sheet is #accelerating the flow of major #glaciers, potentially increasing the pace of global #SeaLevelRise. Warmer air and sea temperatures have led to the loss of around 264 gigatons of ice every year in Greenland since 2002, causing sea levels to rise by 0.8 millimeters annually. But a new study by the University of Leeds examining glacier behavior across the entire ice sheet has highlighted a lesser-known feature that is amplifying this mass loss—the freshwater lakes forming as the ice retreats.

https://phys.org/news/2026-04-lakes-greenland-ice-sheet-glacier.html

#Cryosphere
#ClimateCrisis

GREENLAND'S EDGE LAKES ACCELERATE ICE LOSS

New research shows Greenland's freshwater lakes speed up ice loss by up to 40%. This could raise sea levels faster than expected. Find out how.

#GreenlandIceSheet, #ClimateChange, #SeaLevelRise, #GlacierMelt, #ArcticNews

https://newsletter.tf/greenland-lakes-speed-up-ice-loss-40-percent/