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Lots of UK tide gauges are not that good for long range, but, the one at Aberdeen shows a whopping .26 of sea rise per 100 years, which is closer to what one would expect in a low level Holocene warm period

Sigh. From the link

The world could see hugely damaging sea-level rise of several metres or more over the coming centuries even if the ambitious target of limiting global warming to 1.5C is met, scientists have warned.

Nearly 200 countries have pledged to try to keep the planet’s warming to 1.5C, but the researchers warn that this should not be considered “safe” for coastal populations.

They drew their conclusion after reviewing the most recent studies of how the ice sheets are changing – and how they have changed in the past.

But the scientists stress that every fraction of a degree of warming that can be avoided would still greatly limit the risks.

Centuries. Even 2 meters (6 feet) in the next 200 years be too much of a prognostication based on reality. But, I do like how they’ve now decided on several centuries as their time frame.

The authors of the new paper, published in the journal Communications Earth and Environment, draw together three main strands of evidence to underline this case.

The world’s current trajectory puts the planet on course for nearly 3C of warming by the end of the century, compared with the late 1800s, before humans began burning large amounts of planet-heating fossil fuels. That’s based on current government policies to reduce carbon emissions from fossil fuels and other polluting activities. (snip)

First, records of the Earth’s distant past suggest significant melting – with sea levels several metres higher than present – during previous similarly warm periods, such as 125,000 years ago.

And the last time there was as much planet-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as today – about 3 million years ago – sea levels were about 10-20m higher.

So, this has happened before, and was not mankind’s fault? I wonder if the BBC will yank those last three paragraphs out off the article, because it blows up their Belief that this is, in fact, all Mankind’s fault.

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Is this a new one? I’m not sure I’ve heard this one before

Need a home mortgage? Here’s how climate change could hit your credit score

Anyone shopping for a mortgage knows how far into your finances lenders like to dive in order to determine your credit-worthiness. But here’s a new factor: climate change.

Given how quickly climate disasters are increasing, both in frequency and in resulting costs, lenders are paying far more attention now to how those costs could hit them. Insurers are also struggling to keep up and more often pulling out of the most risk-prone areas, making the losses even steeper. Add to that, FEMA is in a state of flux under the Trump administration, with both cuts to staff and potential disaster funding.

Climate has therefore become an increasingly important consideration in assessing credit score risk, right along with a consumer’s debt, income and collateral in the home, according to a new report from First Street, a climate risk assessment firm. The risks includes flood, wildfire and wind.

If lenders start factoring climate into their underwriting, then a consumer’s credit score could fall or even rise depending on the risk to their property. The former would result in higher borrowing costs. The study notes that lender losses today are primarily in just three states: California, Florida and Louisiana.

Sigh. Just, these people. It’s so exhausting and tedious. Oh, and they worked some TDS into the article. Kudos!

Read: Climate Doom Could Affect Your Credit Report Or Something »

It just goes to show that no matter what happens, ‘climate change’ has to be included. Because it’s a cult

These surreal trees survived for centuries. Scientists worry for their future

On a windswept plateau high above the Arabian Sea, Sena Keybani cradles a sapling that barely reaches her ankle. The young plant, protected by a makeshift fence of wood and wire, is a kind of dragon’s blood tree — a species found only on the Yemeni island of Socotra that is now struggling to survive intensifying threats from climate change.

“Seeing the trees die, it’s like losing one of your babies,” said Keybani, whose family runs a nursery dedicated to preserving the species.

Known for their mushroom-shaped canopies and the blood-red sap that courses through their wood, the trees once stood in great numbers. But increasingly severe cyclones, grazing by invasive goats, and persistent turmoil in Yemen — which is one of the world’s poorest countries and beset by a decade-long civil war — have pushed the species, and the unique ecosystem it supports, toward collapse.

So, goats and Islamist nutjobs. Cyclones have always happened.

Without intervention, scientists like Van Damme warn these trees could disappear within a few centuries — and with them many other species.

And what does “intervention” look like? They don’t say. But, it usually involves large amounts of money being redistributed from the 1st World.

But storms aren’t the only threat. Unlike pine or oak trees, which grow 60 to 90 centimeters (25 to 35 inches) per year, dragon’s blood trees creep along at just 2 to 3 centimeters (about 1 inch) annually. By the time they reach maturity, many have already succumbed to an insidious danger: goats.

An invasive species on Socotra, free-roaming goats devour saplings before they have a chance to grow. Outside of hard-to-reach cliffs, the only place young dragon’s blood trees can survive is within protected nurseries.

It’s the goats, not a tiny increase in the world’s temperature.

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