California’s coast is disappearing, and the debate over what to do about it is in full swing
5 years, 6 months ago

California’s coast is disappearing, and the debate over what to do about it is in full swing

LA Times  

On Pacifica Esplanade Dog Beach in January, the remains of an apartment building that fell from the cliffs can be seen along with one still standing. Even as quakes, wildfires and drought have taken up most of our focus, the slow-moving disaster of rising seas has paralyzed Californians, and left us with “both too much and not enough time” to act, as environment reporter Rosanna Xia wrote in a special report examining sea level rise and the future of California’s disappearing coastline. Brad Foley: It’s irresponsible to start an article on sea level rise with such an extreme premise as 9 feet sea rise by century’s end. So as that line moves with sea level rise, a coastal homeowner’s property line would also move. The next Coastal Commission meeting, which is taking place Wednesday to Friday in San Luis Obispo, will devote a portion of time to discuss the issue of sea level rise in local jurisdictions beginning Friday at 11 a.m., according to the agenda.

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Residents on every U.S. coast are looking for solutions for rising sea levels
1 month ago

Residents on every U.S. coast are looking for solutions for rising sea levels

NPR  

Residents on every U.S. coast are looking for solutions for rising sea levels Communities along the three U.S. coastlines are exploring solutions for rising sea levels. This city's edge, with towering skyscrapers, metro lines and big tech companies is separated from San Francisco Bay by a sea wall that doubles as one of the city's main tourist attractions. ROMERO: UC …

Coastal cities are sinking in the US and pushing sea level rise into overdrive
10 months, 1 week ago

Coastal cities are sinking in the US and pushing sea level rise into overdrive

CNN  

CNN — Dozens of cities along the US coastline are sinking at alarming rates, leaving them far more exposed to devastating flooding from sea level rise than previously thought, scientists reported Wednesday. According to the researchers, this is the first study to combine the increasing threat of sea level rise with high-resolution measurements of sinking areas to determine which coastal …

Researchers release animated models of rising sea levels drowning coastal cities
1 year, 1 month ago

Researchers release animated models of rising sea levels drowning coastal cities

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Climate scientists with Climate Central have curated a collection of animated models showing us what 196 cities will look …

In the face of sea level rise, can we reimagine California’s vanishing coastline?
1 year, 4 months ago

In the face of sea level rise, can we reimagine California’s vanishing coastline?

LA Times  

Excerpted from “California Against the Sea: Visions for Our Vanishing Coastline” by Rosanna Xia. Seventy-six years old, with a shock of white hair and a long stride, Griggs has spent decades examining every inch of the California coast. “Everybody wants to live on the sand.” He understands this pull to the water, a mark of wealth and well-being that goes …

Surfs up takes on new meaning as California waves get bigger as Earth warms, research finds
1 year, 5 months ago

Surfs up takes on new meaning as California waves get bigger as Earth warms, research finds

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Giant waves, measuring as high …

100-year-old Panamanian community to move to mainland as sea level rises over island
2 years, 2 months ago

100-year-old Panamanian community to move to mainland as sea level rises over island

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Climate change is forcing the indigenous Guna people to become the first residents of Latin America to be moved …

Here’s where California’s cliffs are collapsing into the sea the fastest
2 years, 4 months ago

Here’s where California’s cliffs are collapsing into the sea the fastest

LA Times  

Cliff collapses like this one in Del Mar in February 2021 are a reminder of how the California coast is an ever-changing line in the sand. Cliffs along California’s northernmost coast have been eroding faster than the more populated bluffs of Southern California — one of many conclusions highlighted in a new map and study that analyzed, for the first …

Rising sea levels pose perilous threat to California coast as study raises new alarms
2 years, 11 months ago

Rising sea levels pose perilous threat to California coast as study raises new alarms

LA Times  

Joe Dombroski fishes off public access stairs during high tide at Broad Beach in Malibu. “As much as anywhere, here on the West Coast our sea level rise is very closely attached to global warming,” Hamlington said. What’s more, sea level rise “does not act alone,” the researchers said. “There will be highly variable impacts along those coastlines, but there’s …

US could see a century’s worth of sea rise in just 30 years
2 years, 11 months ago

US could see a century’s worth of sea rise in just 30 years

Associated Press  

America’s coastline will see sea levels rise in the next 30 years by as much as they did in the entire 20th century, with major Eastern cities hit regularly with costly floods even on sunny days, a government report warns. “Make no mistake: Sea level rise is upon us,” said Nicole LeBoeuf, director of NOAA’s National Ocean Service. “Many of …

U.S. could see a century’s worth of sea rise in just 30 years
2 years, 11 months ago

U.S. could see a century’s worth of sea rise in just 30 years

LA Times  

By 2050, the sea levels along U.S. shores will be 10 to 12 inches higher, according to a NOAA report. “Make no mistake: Sea level rise is upon us,” said Nicole LeBoeuf, director of NOAA’s National Ocean Service. “Many of our major metropolitan areas on the East Coast are going to be increasingly at risk.” The western Gulf of Mexico …

More than 400 toxic sites in California are at risk of flooding from sea level rise
3 years, 1 month ago

More than 400 toxic sites in California are at risk of flooding from sea level rise

LA Times  

The Halaco Superfund site in Oxnard, which is contaminated by a decades-old metal recycling operation, is projected to flood at least seven times per year by the end of the century. This three-year project, dubbed Toxic Tides, is the first systematic look at the environmental justice ramifications of sea level rise and hazardous sites along the entire coast of California. …

Along the crumbling Sonoma Coast, an ambitious project paves the way for ‘managed retreat’
4 years, 1 month ago

Along the crumbling Sonoma Coast, an ambitious project paves the way for ‘managed retreat’

LA Times  

A few winding turns past Bodega Bay, along foggy bluffs and coastal prairie, relentless waves pound a crumbling stretch of coastline in dire need of saving. With the realities of climate change looming ever closer, California transportation officials are now moving a key stretch of highway more than 350 feet inland — one of the first major efforts by the …

Some California cities think they’re safe from sea level rise. They’re not, new data show
4 years, 4 months ago

Some California cities think they’re safe from sea level rise. They’re not, new data show

LA Times  

Marin City, Calif., with Richardson Bay in the background. At a meeting held earlier this year by a special committee of state lawmakers who had started to revive these much-needed discussions on sea level rise, Assemblyman Kevin Mullin, who serves as speaker pro tem, didn’t mince words: “I’m feeling the urgency,” he said, “and blown away, frankly, by the magnitude …

Sea level rise will see 40pc of Australia's beaches lost, predicts new study
4 years, 10 months ago

Sea level rise will see 40pc of Australia's beaches lost, predicts new study

ABC  

Think of your favourite Australian beach. Key points: New findings show Australia is going to lose about 40 per cent of its beaches over the next 80 years More than 12,000 kilometres-worth are projected to be lost This will make it harder to bounce back from beach erosion Try to imagine that beach at high tide. "Every time a big …

Half of the world’s beaches could disappear by the end of the century, study finds
4 years, 10 months ago

Half of the world’s beaches could disappear by the end of the century, study finds

CNN  

CNN — Climate change poses an existential threat to the world’s sandy beaches, and that as many as half of them could disappear by the end of the century, a new study has found. “We considered the threshold of 100 meters because if erosion exceeds 100 meters, then this means that most likely, the beach is going to disappear because …

Most California cities refuse to retreat from rising seas. One town wants to show how it’s done
4 years, 10 months ago

Most California cities refuse to retreat from rising seas. One town wants to show how it’s done

LA Times  

Ten miles north of Monterey and a world away from Santa Cruz, Bruce Delgado gazed up a towering sand dune. Officials instead are embracing ideas that have been political suicide elsewhere: Require real estate disclosures for sea level rise, move infrastructure away from the water, work with the private resort in town to relocate its oceanfront property — a policy …

Rising seas already overwhelm the Bay Area. Time is running out for California to act
4 years, 11 months ago

Rising seas already overwhelm the Bay Area. Time is running out for California to act

LA Times  

When Jeff Moneda first started working for Foster City, where trails wind along the town’s scenic lagoons and the nicest homes perch along its picturesque canals, he received an email from federal emergency officials that jolted him into action. The fate of Foster City and the rest of the Bay Area was front and center last week as state lawmakers …

California officials need to move faster on sea level rise, legislative study finds
5 years, 1 month ago

California officials need to move faster on sea level rise, legislative study finds

LA Times  

High surf pummels homes along Faria Beach in Ventura County. “Progress of sea level rise preparation across the state’s coastal communities has been slow,” the report said. “Coastal communities must increase both the extent and pace of sea level rise preparation efforts if California is to avoid the most severe, costly, and disruptive impacts in the coming decades.” The report …

California must act now to prepare for sea level rise, state lawmakers say
5 years, 1 month ago

California must act now to prepare for sea level rise, state lawmakers say

LA Times  

At a packed meeting catering to state lawmakers and top planning officials, Mark Merrifield played a video that he and his research team at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography have seen many times before. “This is a natural phenomenon; it’s feeding the beaches, but it’s happening more and more frequently in part because of sea level rise,” said Merrifield, director …

Newsletter: Essential California: How to react when the sea is rising
5 years, 6 months ago

Newsletter: Essential California: How to react when the sea is rising

LA Times  

Along Esplanade Avenue in Pacifica, a walkway is all that’s left of an apartment building. Los Angeles Times Rep. Eric Swalwell abandoned his uphill run for president Monday, as another California Democrat, Tom Steyer, who had earlier said he would not mount a 2020 presidential run, prepared to announce that he would be entering the race. Los Angeles Times Get …

The California coast is disappearing under the rising sea. Our choices are grim
5 years, 6 months ago

The California coast is disappearing under the rising sea. Our choices are grim

LA Times  

Leer en español The California coast grew and prospered during a remarkable moment in history when the sea was at its tamest. “If we don’t start managing retreat now, how much is it going to cost later?” — Charles Lester, director of UC Santa Barbara’s Ocean and Coastal Policy Center Responding to just this most recent El Niño season has …

Photos reveal how coastal erosion dramatically eats away at Britain’s shoreline
5 years, 9 months ago

Photos reveal how coastal erosion dramatically eats away at Britain’s shoreline

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Many experts blame Britain’s accelerating coastal erosion on climate change, as storms, rising temperatures and melting polar ice all …

Destruction from sea level rise in California could exceed worst wildfires and earthquakes, new research shows
5 years, 10 months ago

Destruction from sea level rise in California could exceed worst wildfires and earthquakes, new research shows

LA Times  

In the most extensive study to date on sea level rise in California, researchers say damage by the end of the century could be far more devastating than the worst earthquakes and wildfires in state history. “This sort of science is absolutely critical to our planning,” said Jack Ainsworth, executive director of the California Coastal Commission, which has used the …

Report shows detailed projections for Washington rising seas
6 years, 5 months ago

Report shows detailed projections for Washington rising seas

Associated Press  

SEATTLE — A new report provides the most detailed projections for how fast sea levels are expected to rise along Washington state shorelines over the next decades. The projections released Monday show what to expect at 171 sites in Puget Sound and along the state’s outer coast sea levels rise due to global warming. Scientists with Washington Sea Grant and …

Must Reads: Southern California’s coastal communities could lose 130 feet of cliffs this century as sea levels rise
6 years, 6 months ago

Must Reads: Southern California’s coastal communities could lose 130 feet of cliffs this century as sea levels rise

LA Times  

Maureen Sassoon walks up a hiking pass near Terranea in Rancho Palos Verdes. In Southern California, cliffs could recede more than 130 feet by the year 2100 if the sea keeps rising, according to a new study led by the U.S. Geological Survey. “Hopefully this model will give coastal managers a broad-scale picture of how the cliffs might respond to …

Rising seas could wipe out $1 trillion worth of U.S. homes and businesses
6 years, 6 months ago

Rising seas could wipe out $1 trillion worth of U.S. homes and businesses

Salon  

Some 2.4 million American homes and businesses worth more than $1 trillion are at risk of “chronic inundation” by the end of the century, according to a report out Monday. “In contrast with previous housing market crashes, values of properties chronically inundated due to sea level rise are unlikely to recover and will only continue to go further underwater, literally …

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