As the sea swallows its shores, when does a country cease to be a country? That’s what the New York Times asks this week: If a country sinks beneath the … Read more
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Anticipating Rising Seas: Wildlife Trust in UK Plans For New Inland Refuge
The Norfolk Wildlife Trust has filed a plan to create an inland wetland to protect rare bitterns. This action recognizes that salt water may soon be degrading coastal freshwater reed beds … Read more
Time to Start Building an Ark, Seattle?
NWF’s latest and greatest report, Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Habitats in the Pacific Northwest, is getting news hits all over the place, including the Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Tacoma News … Read more
Beach House for Sale—Cheap
The historic trend of rising sea-levels during the period of the industrial revolution and into modern times is unmistakable. For beach lovers, let me make just one suggestion, don’t buy … Read more