The Sea Is Swallowing This Mexican Town
“That’s why my husband hardly ever goes out anymore. You have to go far out to sea,” says Florencia Hernandez, 81, grandmother of Otsoa and Ramón, known locally as Pola. …
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Critical Infrastructure Is Sinking Along the US East Coast
Below is New York’s JFK Airport—notice the red hotspots of high subsidence against the teal of more mild elevation change. The airport’s average subsidence rate is 1.7 millimeters a year …
Sea-Level Rise: Subglacial meltwater flowing beneath Antarctic glaciers could accelerate retreat, study finds
NEW DELHI: Meltwater flowing out to sea from beneath Antarctic glaciers, or subglacial discharge, could be making them lose ice faster, researchers have found in a new study. Modelling the …
Over 40% of Antarctica’s ice shelves lost mass in 25 years: Study
PARIS: More than 40 percent of Antarctica’s ice shelves lost volume in 25 years, increasing the risk of sea levels rising and with human-induced warming the likely cause, scientists said …