Geoengineering proposals to cool the ocean would indeed reduce ice loss from West Antarctica’s glaciers, but not enough to stop sea-level rise or allow the ice sheet to regrow.
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A flurry of island-building during the last two decades has furnished the rich with new properties.
Migration is considered an inevitable effect of climate change. It could also be part of the solution.
Investors seem not to care about climate risks, but they really should.
Storms are the greatest threat to beach erosion, not sea level rise, research reveals. This is the longest continuous beach monitoring survey in the Southern Hemisphere.
Rising sea levels threaten the low-lying island nation with the world’s third-largest shipping register. That’s why it’s leading efforts to cut shipping emissions in an equitable way.
Leatherback turtles are predicted to lose half of their nesting habitat, on one beach studied.
One meadow made enough sand to create a new island in 18 years.
There is no safe limit to global warming – there is only what people deem to be acceptable damage.
Rising temperatures and extreme weather pose an existential threat to many UNESCO World Heritage sites, but widespread discussion is needed for meaningful change.
Moving entire communities threatened by rising seas isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds.
Climate change is a game changer and our disaster response is no longer sufficient. We must begin to address the underlying causes that make some communities more vulnerable than others.
Tidal marshes can build up their soil to keep pace with sea-level rises – up to a point. It turns out the point when the marsh is drowned matches the average rise when global warming exceeds 1.5°C.
Property buybacks and managed retreat from high-risk areas were once seen as far-off options as the planet warms. Now this ‘last resort’ adaptation to climate change is an urgent priority worldwide.
For the first time since satellites started studying the continent, East Antarctica has lost an entire ice shelf.
New breakwater designs and more sustainable materials can cut the carbon cost of coastal defences by 40%.
Globally, about a billion people living in coastal cities are at risk of climate hazards. The impacts go well beyond the coast and could affect us all, with disruptions to supply chains and trade.
As the impacts and costs of climate change increase over time, New Zealand’s financial systems could become less stable and the government less able to support those affected.
Rich countries have promised to compensate poor ones for the impacts of climate change.
The triple whammy of the moon’s wobble, sea level rise and more intense storms will bring worse tidal floods into coastal communities in the 2030s. This includes in Australia.
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Professor in Earth Sciences, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor in Natural Hazards Planning and Resilience, Massey University
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Associate Professor of Marine Biology, Swansea University
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Professor of Climate Adaptation, University of East Anglia
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Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Professor, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, and Director, Rutgers Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Rutgers University
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Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds
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Associate professor, Archaeology and Heritage, La Trobe University
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Professor of Geography, Newcastle University
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Professeur, directeur exécutif de la chaire « Philanthropie », ESSEC
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Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University
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Senior Research Fellow, New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University
