Coastal erosion happens constantly and has many causes. Spits and points grow too and bays and inlets shallow or disappear completely. Climate change isn’t completely to blame, writes Crikey naturalist Lionel Elmore.
Rising sea levels
Never mind the Pacific Islands, who will save our beach houses from global warming?
The media swarmed all over a Parliamentary report yesterday about the threat posed by rising sea levels — to those who live in multi-million-dollar beachfront properties. No word on our island neighbours whose entire countries are beachfront properties, notes Bernard Keane.
Garnaut: Climate change threatens Mabo’s legacy
Faced with rising sea waters, the people of Indigenous activist Eddie Mabo’s island, Mer, have had to move to higher ground. Man-made climate change could literally wash away everything he fought for, says Ross Garnaut.
Antarctic ice sheet melting at slower rate
Melting of the Antarctic ice sheet is not expected to rise sea levels as much as previously thought, a new study shows.
Garnaut: the questions
The neglect of comparing the conditions of the biosphere under the respective scenarios constitutes a major omission, writes Dr Andrew Glikson.
The uneven tide of global warming
The Gippsland Gas Plant has its final approval – but is it safe from rising tides, asks Lionel Elmore.
State of the planet
Climate change threatens human rights of millions-UN … Scientists read Antarctic mud for climate change insight … Small Amazon farmers especially vulnerable to climate change … Green crusades lot of talk … Big foot
State of the planet
Venice offers lessons on coping with rising seas … Unions urged to wage green fight … A scramble to understand Greenland’s melting ice sheets … Global warming decision on polar bears delayed … Climate change and frog deaths
Global warming lawsuit slapped down in California
there are plenty of corporates with deep pockets who might be said to be contributing to global wamring, but suing these culprits might be a little harder than litigating against tobacco manufacturers, writes Greg Barnes.
