Sea change

Sea surface temperatures indirectly affect South Asian monsoons

News you may have missed this week

Global warming: How Kolkata, Mumbai are most at risk from high tides

The impact of the sea-level rise is concentrated in Asia, with China the most at risk, followed by India, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Indonesia.

Sundarbans’ ‘swamp tigers’ could be gone in 50 years, warns study

Climate change, rising seas, industrial development and construction of new roads would hasten the tigers’ end, it says

Signatures of past climate change found on West coast

Researchers unravel imprints of sea-level fluctuations and climate change that may have occurred along coastal rivers in Gujarat's Saurashtra …

A village island in Kerala is about to vanish

10 of the 13 wards in the village are partly submerged and life gets difficult by the day

Greenland, Antarctica lost 7,560 billion tonnes of ice sheet mass in last 3 decades, accounted for quarter of global sea-level rise

The polar ice sheets store 99% of Earth’s freshwater ice on land  

This week from the world of science and environment

Here's a weekly round-up of major environment and science news 

Chilling effect

Climate change to increase sea level in Lakshadweep, affect airport, residential areas: Study

Lakshadweep Islands are one of the least polluting marine ecosystems and yet have to bear the harsh brunt of climate change

Limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius may not be enough

Study says sea levels could still rise by 6 metres, threatening coastal cities across the world

Embankments, seawalls may increase inundation, costs: New study

Shoreline armouring can increase damages by $723 million for a single flood event

Worse than expected

Oceans are rising much faster near the coasts

Sea change

Photographs confirm Patagonian glaciers are melting into oblivion

According to report

This supermoon has a twist – expect flooding, but a lunar cycle is masking effects of sea level rise

Global sea level is still rising with the warming planet; the 18.6-year cycle will soon be working against us

Thwaites ‘doomsday glacier’ can lose ice faster in coming years, coastal areas at risk: Study

Rapid retreat of the glacier may raise global sea levels by 3-10 feet

Study of ancient eclipses can unveil past climate trends

Climate scientists can infer the average sea level that may have happened many lakhs of years ago from measurements of radioisotopes derived from …

Mangrove forests help protect against rising sea level, says study

Studies have shown mangroves have the ability to remove carbon from the atmosphere and protect people from hazards 

Rising sea level poses risk to green turtle habitation in Australia

Scientists have become concerned that only 10 per cent of eggs are producing turtles on Raine Island compared to 90 per cent elsewhere

How to face a rising sea? Maldives bets on artificial islands

About 80% of Maldive’s coral islands are less than one metre above sea level

South Asia

Sea level rise is killing trees along the Atlantic coast, creating ‘ghost forests’ that are visible from space

Huge swaths of contiguous forest are dying. They’re now known in the scientific community as ‘ghost forests’

Climate change has affected every part of US: government report

This is the first time an analysis of climate change of this scope has come up in the Trump administration

Hanging in balance: 64% of West African coast highly or very highly vulnerable, shows study

Socio-economic factors, especially human development activity, major contributor to vulnerability