Antarctica’s Ice Sheet Is Melting 3 Times Faster Than Before
The melting of Antarctica is accelerating at an alarming rate, with about 3 trillion tons of ice disappearing since 1992, an international team of ice experts said in a new study. In the last quarter century, the southern-most continent
Over 300,000 Coastal U.S. Homes Could Flood Every Two Weeks Just 30 Years from Now, Report Says
At a Glance More than 300,000 coastal U.S. homes could be flooded regularly by high tides in the next 30 years, a new study finds. The culprit is sea level rise fueled by climate change, which is expected to cause “sunny day” flooding with more regularity in the coming decades. Under a worst-case scenario, these high-tide floods could happen once every two weeks along much of the U.S. coastline. More than 300,000 homes along the United States coastline could face…