sea level rise
Risk
Environment Agency unveils updated Thames Estuary 2100 plan to accelerate London's flood defences in response to worsening climate threat and rising seas
17 May 2023
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4 min read
Climate change
Snap analysis comes as Met Office also warns hotter temperatures are fast becoming 'new normal' in the UK
28 July 2022
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5 min read
Climate change
Climate study reveals average UK temperature in 2019 was 1.1C higher than between 1961 and 1990, with evidence of seasonal shifts already impacting the natural world
31 July 2020
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3 min read
Climate change
Upgrades to flood defences in Great Yarmouth will help protect the town against flooding driven by climate change
13 January 2020
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1 min read
Risk
Sobering report from Institution of Mechanical Engineers warns governments and businesses are ill-prepared for sea level rises expected this century
12 November 2019
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3 min read
Climate change
Latest sobering assessment from world's top scientists details the damage being wrought by climate change on the world's oceans, glaciers, and ice sheets
25 September 2019
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7 min read
Climate change
The pace of ice loss has increased four-fold since 2003 as enormous glaciers are depositing ever larger chunks of ice into the Atlantic ocean, where it melts, causing sea levels to rise
22 January 2019
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3 min read
Climate change
Gareth Redmond King's recent trip to the Arctic opened his eyes to how changes to the region's climate is set to impact life around the world
23 March 2018
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6 min read
Climate change
Peer-reviewed US study estimates sea level rise is accelerating and could reach 66cm by the end of the century, causing huge problems for world's coastal regions
13 February 2018
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2 min read
Infrastructure
President says projects will still need to meet 'environmental safeguards', as he rolls back rules designed to limit flooding and sea level risks
16 August 2017
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3 min read
