http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Thu, 23 May 2013 21:18:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/20/the-law-of-drowning-nations/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/20/the-law-of-drowning-nations/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:37:13 +0000 Kevin Krajick http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=35103 Sea levels are inching up year by year, and by various projections could be two to six feet higher by 2100—enough to make some small, low-lying island nations uninhabitable, or simply to wipe them off the map. What rights will citizens have to live elsewhere; in fact, will these entities actually still be nations, with [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/20/the-law-of-drowning-nations/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/07/a-new-primer-on-sea-level/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/07/a-new-primer-on-sea-level/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:13:30 +0000 Kevin Krajick http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=34864 The threat of sea-level rise--actually, its ongoing reality--has been on many more minds since New York and surrounding areas were walloped during Hurricane Sandy by a record-high storm surge, abetted by a water level that has risen steadily over the last century. That level will keep rising if climate keeps warming, and so, probably, will the frequency of extreme weather. That is why the new book Rising Seas: Past, Present Future by geologist Vivien Gornitz is a timely and important contribution to helping people understand the issue.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/07/a-new-primer-on-sea-level/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/01/04/the-impact-of-sea-level-rise-on-coastal-wetlands/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/01/04/the-impact-of-sea-level-rise-on-coastal-wetlands/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:39:39 +0000 Center for International Earth Science Information Network http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=33415 An analysis of coastal wetlands loss from sea level rise that was conducted for the Ramsar Convention's Scientific and Technical Review Panel provides estimates of wetland losses as a basis for identifying potential adaptation measures.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/01/04/the-impact-of-sea-level-rise-on-coastal-wetlands/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/29/science-behind-sandy/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/29/science-behind-sandy/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:10:17 +0000 David Funkhouser http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=31709 Reports and studies have been imagining events like Sandy for years now; so why were so few people ready to listen? And will this lead to a serious conversation about climate change in the halls of power?]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/29/science-behind-sandy/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/02/28/watch-an-antarctic-iceberg-in-the-making/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/02/28/watch-an-antarctic-iceberg-in-the-making/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:34:40 +0000 Kim Martineau http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=23257 What does a glacier about to spawn an iceberg the size of New York City look like? A new animation from NASA flies you through the 19-mile crack that is slowly tearing Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier apart.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/02/28/watch-an-antarctic-iceberg-in-the-making/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/15/climate-scientist-studies-ancient-shorelines-to-approximate-sea-levels-past-and-future/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/15/climate-scientist-studies-ancient-shorelines-to-approximate-sea-levels-past-and-future/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:57:56 +0000 Kim Martineau http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=17683 The seas are rising, as they have during past periods of warming in earth’s history. Estimates of how high they will go in the next few thousand years range from five meters, putting greater Miami underwater, to 40 meters, wiping most of Florida off the map. “The range of estimates is huge to the point [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/15/climate-scientist-studies-ancient-shorelines-to-approximate-sea-levels-past-and-future/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/11/leaders-of-distinction-the-lamont-research-professor/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/11/leaders-of-distinction-the-lamont-research-professor/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:57:29 +0000 Urania Mylonas http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/support/?p=379 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/11/leaders-of-distinction-the-lamont-research-professor/feed/ 0