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Researchers studied more than 200 tropical reefs and found that few will grow fast enough to keep pace with higher water levels due to climate change. This means the reefs won’t be able to break destructive waves that can wreak havoc on coastal communities.
The collapse of Thwaites Glacier would unleash catastrophic sea level rise. Erin Pettit, one of more than 100 scientists involved with a new international collaboration, discusses how better ocean data will help predict the glacier’s – and humanity’s – fate.
Steve Rintoul, an oceanographer at Australia’s CSIRO, is embarking on a mission to deploy floats that will collect data from deep in the Southern Ocean. He tells talks about why understanding this region is crucial to getting a better handle on climate change.
Scientists know little about how the West Antarctica Ice Sheet is melting from below, but a mission to deploy autonomous vehicles in the ocean underneath the glacier could provide crucial answers.
Countries met at the U.N. climate talks in Bonn this month to discuss implementing the Paris climate accord to limit global temperature rise. Negotiator Hugh J. Sealy says only minimal progress has been made to help vulnerable small island nations adapt to global warming.
Scientists are using satellites to identify where increasing sea levels could result in the most destructive storm surge as hurricanes grow more powerful due to climate change.
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