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Antarctica is melting so fast that scientists are proposing shooting...
Two glaciers in Antarctica are melting at unprecedented rates. If they collapse, global sea levels could rise by more than 10 feet (3.3 meters), swamping coastal cities like New York, Shanghai, and...
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A team of designers wants to build an iceberg-making submarine to pop out...
A team of designers has put forward a proposal for an iceberg-making submarine that could produce 82-foot-wide, 16-foot-thick chunks of ice. The concept could be a way to combat sea-level rise and...
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11 sinking cities that could soon be underwater
Some major cities are sinking and could become unlivable due to climate change and rising sea levels. Jakarta is sinking up to 6.7 inches per year due to excessive groundwater pumping. Venice is...
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Indonesia is spending $33 billion to move its capital from a sinking city to...
Indonesia is relocating its capital city from Jakarta to East Kalimantan, a province on the island of Borneo. Jakarta is currently sinking by up to 6.7 inches per year, making it especially vulnerable...
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About 3 million years ago, the Earth was just a couple of degrees warmer than...
About 3 million years ago, the Earth was 2 to 3 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial levels — just a couple of degrees warmer than our planet is today. Researchers analyzed mineral deposits from...
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Sea levels are projected to rise 3 feet within 80 years, according to a new...
Warming ocean water and unprecedented melting of the Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets could cause sea levels to rise by more than 3 feet by the end of the century, according to new report from the...
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Scientists say these 11 major cities could become unlivable within 80 years
As global temperatures and sea levels rise, some of the world's major cities could experience unbearable living conditions. Cities like Chicago and New Delhi have already endured fatal heat waves,...
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What Earth might look like in 80 years if we're lucky — and if we're not
Last year was the warmest year on record for the planet's oceans, and the fourth-warmest year ever in terms of surface temperature. That warming trend has continued into 2019: July was the hottest...
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Far more people are threatened by rising seas than scientists realized, a...
The number of people threatened by sea-level rise and high-tide flooding around the world could be triple previous estimates, according to a new study.The research found that 110 million people...
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California is becoming unlivable, according to science
In the past decade, California has seen a devastating drought, enormous and deadly fires, and a skyrocketing homeless population.Taken together, these factors are making the state increasingly...
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San Francisco has turned into a nightmare. Here's how to fix the city in the...
In the last 10 years, San Francisco has seen rising rents, an escalating homelessness crisis, and a shortage of affordable housing development. The next decade will be a defining period in the city's...
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Greenland's ice is melting 7 times faster than it did in the early 90s —...
The Greenland ice sheet is melting seven times faster than it was in 1992 — an increase that's even greater than scientists expected.According to a new study, Greenland has lost more than 4.2 trillion...
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A staggering map shows how 11 US cities could swell as people move to avoid...
Flooding from sea-level rise could force millions of people to migrate away from the coastal US.A new study modeled how 6 feet of sea-level rise could displace residents by 2100 and where they might...
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We asked 12 climate scientists where they'd live in the US to avoid future...
No city is entirely safe from natural disasters, but a some are better positioned to avoid them than others.We asked 12 climate scientists where they would consider living to avoid climate...
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Half the world's beaches could disappear by the end of the century because of...
Half the world's sandy beaches could disappear by the end of the century, according to a new study.Scientists projected that rising sea levels and more violent storms would swallow thousands of miles...
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8 American cities that could disappear by 2100
Rising sea levels threaten to submerge entire cities by 2100. The cities most vulnerable to flooding in the US are low-lying coastal areas.If the worst projections of sea-level rise wind up being...
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Climate change experts agree on the last place they'd invest for the future:...
When Business Insider spoke to three climate scientists about their retirement plans, it quickly became clear where they wouldn't invest: waterfront property.They said they probably wouldn't buy...
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A renowned climate scientist once compared to 'an icy Indiana Jones' has died...
Konrad Steffen, a renowned climate scientist, died on Saturday after he fell through thin ice in Greenland into a watery crevasse.Steffen spent much of his life studying Greenland's melting ice sheet....
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Greenland's melting ice sheet has 'passed the point of no return,' scientists...
Greenland's ice sheet may have passed a point of no return, setting it on an irreversible path to disappearance, according to researchers at Ohio State University. Snowfall can no longer replenish the...
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Antarctica's Thwaites glacier is in peril, images reveal. The so-called...
Summary List Placement Scientists call it the doomsday glacier.That's partly because the Thwaites, a Britain-sized glacier in western Antarctica, is melting at an alarming rate: It's retreating by...
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