Posts Tagged ‘rising sea levels’

• Experts warns that global sea levels could rise with more than a metre by 2100

  Photo credit: 8zil During a climate change summit in Copenhagen last week, with more than 2,000 researchers from 80 countries attending, scientists warned that global sea levels could rise with more than a metre, or more, by 2100. The rising …

• Top German scientist warns that climate change is accelerating

  Photo credit: azrainman Top German scientist Hans Joachim Schellnhuber warns that climate change is now happening much more quickly than anyone thought was possible. In an interview with Saarbruecker Zeitung newspaper Schellnhuber, who heads the Potsdam Institute for Research on …

• Climate expert says sea levels could rise 4 meters this century

  Professor Will Steffen, head of the climate change unit at the Australian National University and science adviser to the Federal Government in Australia, says that sea levels around the world could rise by 4 meters this century. He also claims …

• Lilypad – the floating ecopolis for climate refugees

  How will our coastal cities look like when the ice melts and causes rising sea levels? How can we take care and give room for the millions of climate change refugees in the future? Well, the Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut …

• Clever ad on bridge in Amsterdam

  Here is a clever ad on a bridge in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, one of the countries in Europe that will face the worst consequences of global warming. The advert says: “If the water reached this level we …

• Is Global Warming Swollowing Florida Whole?

  Is Florida already feeling the early effects of global warming? Can we safely say that Florida is sinking into the ocean? The rumors I heard as a child, that such a thing could happen, seemed like folklore. If you listen …