Antarctica is no longer the sleeping giant of sea level rise. New research delved into the past and found when the Earth warms, its ice sheets can melt extremely quickly.
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What if the nightly news had regular updates on forest clearing, ocean temperatures and fossil fuel consumption? These indicators sit alongside temperatures as signs of climate change.
New research confirms that what the world pumps into the atmosphere today has grave long-term consequences. Governments - especially Australia's - must urgently ramp up efforts to reduce emissions.
Hundreds of millions more people will now be at risk from rising seas in the coming decades - with Asia and island nations most vulnerable. How we react to the climate crisis is now even more crucial.
A particular brand of climate denial among coastal property owners presents a conundrum for councils and governments trying to plan for sea-level rise.
A call to make our cities more resilient to climate change could drive one of the largest new infrastructure builds in history.
In just five Florida Panhandle counties, sea level rise could swamp more than 500 archaeological sites that tell the story of when and how Native Americans lived along the Gulf Coast.
If nothing is done now, seas could rise a metre by 2100, and four metres by 2300.
Rising sea levels, unstable weather, and a much smaller carbon budget.
The IPCC report says extreme sea level events that used to hit once a century will occur once a year in many places by 2050. This situation is inevitable, even if emissions are dramatically curbed.
Climate change has got to the point that communities around the world are having to contemplate moving. It's never an easy process, but good planning improves the prospects of successful relocation.
A biodegradable sea wall is cheaper than a concrete wall. In addition, it's easy for local people to replicate.
A giant ocean fish swims into the heart of industrial Port Kembla looking for food. What if we take its presence, a few km from an ancient, living midden, as a symbol of both new and old ways to learn in the age of the Anthropocene?
Cuba is offering a compelling example of how we can take care of each other during the climate crisis with its work training doctors on Kiribati, a nation that is being devastated by climate change.
Migration offers a fix for the islands 'drowning' as a consequence of the climate crisis – but are there better alternatives?
Island nations composed of low-lying atolls are at risk of being wiped out by rising sea levels in the era of climate change. Yet the international community is doing next to nothing to help them.
Amphibious architecture isn't just for libertarians who want to pay less tax.
Federal and state agencies are carrying out a 35-year, multi-billion-dollar plan to restore Florida's Everglades, but have not factored sea level rise or other climate change impacts into their plans.
Rising sea levels and tectonic activity have eroded the coastlines of the low-lying Carteret Islands in the South Pacific.
Antarctica studies show sea level rise may be happening faster than we're planning for, and airports will be hit hard.
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Professor, Surveying & Spatial Sciences, School of Technology, Environments and Design, University of Tasmania
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Earth and paleo-climate scientist, Australian National University
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Professor of Ocean and Climate Change, Australian National University
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Director, Knowledge to Innovation; Chair, Green Cross Australia, Queensland University of Technology
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Sean Ulm is a Friend of The Conversation.
Deputy Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, James Cook University
