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How sea level rise is affecting your commute to and around Atlantic City

While the roads in and around Atlantic City have been affected by tidal flooding throughout the city’s history, the frequency of flooding is on the rise because of the 1.5 feet of local sea level rise that has occurred since 1911.

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Global warming leads to rise in red deer population
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Global warming leads to rise in red deer population

Multiplication of red deer population in Scotland could not be on account of their fault but may be linked to the change in their genes due to climate change-induced warm weather, speeding up their breeding in the region.

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Climate crisis: Rising sea levels and catastrophic storm surges could displace 280m people, UN warns
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Climate crisis: Rising sea levels and catastrophic storm surges could displace 280m people, UN warns

The damage caused by catastrophic "superstorms" combined with rising sea levels could increase by a hundred-fold or more, displacing hundreds of millions of people from coastlines around the world unless more is done to limit greenhouse gas emissions, according to a draft report by the United Nations.

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Amid dark news on climate change, Deutch bill offers spark of hope

After a year of rising floodwaters and record forest fires, it has been distressing to watch the United States attend last week's U.N. climate conference in Poland and deliver a rousing defense of – wait for it -- fossil fuels.

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How cities are upgrading infrastructure to prepare for climate change

The threat of extreme weather and other climate-related events has city planners rethinking the stability of critical infrastructure.

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In poor neighborhoods, add rising seas to list of housing woes
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In poor neighborhoods, add rising seas to list of housing woes

Sea level rise is changing Bay Area shorelines, and for the region's most economically vulnerable residents, it's just one more thing to worry about when it comes to housing.
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Like it or not, the water is coming: will the Bay Area defend against rising seas, or embrace them?
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Like it or not, the water is coming: will the Bay Area defend against rising seas, or embrace them?

You can shove water back from the land, or let the land flood, but either way, San Francisco Bay is getting higher. Along more than 400 miles of shoreline, where at least 40 communities touch water, rising seas are challenging our choices about how to live with them.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
Humanity's future depends on sustainable living and global equality, study finds

Humanity's future depends on sustainable living and global equality, study finds

Hurricanes like Francine are more dangerous as the Gulf Coast sinks

Hurricanes like Francine are more dangerous as the Gulf Coast sinks

B.C.'s forests struggle to recover as logging and wildfires take their toll

B.C.'s forests struggle to recover as logging and wildfires take their toll

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Cancer Alley Louisiana

Op-ed: “I’m sorry, I can’t hear you” — disabling environments in Cancer Alley and the Ohio River Valley

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Indigenous Amazon land management

The Ashaninka’s cultural revival is reshaping the Amazon region

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EHN reporting collaboration wins Lion Publishing Award