Tag: Sea level rise

1.5°C Too Hot as Ice Sheets Face Unstoppable Melt, Scientists Warn

Dr. Michael Wenger

In a study published yesterday, scientists warn that the global warming target of +1.5°C is insufficient to protect the vast ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica from melting. They call for a new cooler target quickly.

Geoengineering - an option to slow down sea level rise?

Julia Hager

A new report from the University of Chicago presents various measures that could slow down the melting of glaciers in the Arctic and Antarctic in the future.

A single Antarctic heatwave or storm can noticeably raise the sea level

Guest Author

New research shows how individual weather events can have long-term effects on the world's largest ice sheets.

How an octopus helps to unravel the history of Antarctica

Julia Hager

A well-kept mystery seems to have been solved: During the last interglacial period, the West Antarctic Ice Sheet apparently melted completely, causing global sea levels to rise by several meters.

Action at COP28 demonstrated sea level rise

Julia Hager

Leading scientists, global youth and negotiators from low-lying nations highlighted the potentially disastrous implications of climate-change-induced sea level rise for the host city.