Is the sea swallowing up the land?
42:25 | The northern German ‘hallig’ or island of Oland isn’t immune to the impact of climate change.
Expedition to the cold heart of Greenland – What happens in a world without ice?
1:24:15 | A voyage of discovery, across huge expanses of ice. This film follows three of the world’s leading glaciologists on their pioneering scientific expeditions to Greenland’s massive ice sheet, a place that could harbor secrets about the future of life on Earth.
Kiribati and climate change
12:26 | Kiribati could soon become uninhabitable due to climate change. Residents are using all available means to protect themselves from rising sea levels.
How China is designing flood-resistant cities
6:49 | Cities around the world are feeling the effects of climate change. Unfortunately, they don’t always have the right infrastructure to handle its impacts — which is one reason why cities are beginning to reimagine urban design.
Floating cities as an innovative response to climate change
28:25 | Sea levels are rising due to climate change. Many coastal cities are at growing risk of flooding. Architects are trying to react to this development with new ideas, such as floating cities.
Can we stop ice sheets from melting?
13:41 | Melting ice sheets are the biggest danger to sea level rise. But researchers are investigating whether there could be a way to stop the flow of ice. Could these far-out ideas be worth it?
The threat of rising sea levels
41:12 | On the paradisiacal San Blas Islands, the kunas live with the rhythms of nature. As sea levels rise, they face a major dilemma: should they move to the countryside or wait for the water to come?
Years of Living Dangerously – EPISODE 202: Gathering Storm
50:07 | Jack Black investigates if Miami and other low-lying coastal areas can survive the rising seas. Ian Somerhalder journeys to a blue hole off the coast of Cuba to investigate the future threat of superstorms.
Virginia Smith: The global risk of flooding — and how to turn the tide
11:45 | From village to metropolis, global flooding is on the rise, and traditional approaches to managing the swells won’t cut it.
If ocean levels are rising, why can’t we see it?
29:07 | Compare two photos 130 years apart and it looks as though sea levels haven’t moved. So why all the fuss about rising sea levels and evacuating islands?
High Tide Flooding
6:57 | We visit Annapolis, Maryland, a state capitol, home of the U.S. Naval Academy, and seaside tourist town that has seen a dramatic increase in floods in recent years.
Rising Waters: Out-of-Balance Ice Sheets
2:45 | Combined, Greenland and Antarctica contain enough ice, that if it were to melt all at once, would raise sea levels by nearly 215 feet (65 meters).
Rising Waters: A Warmer World
1:10 | With satellites, airborne missions, shipboard measurements, and supercomputers, NASA has been investigating sea level rise for decades.
Rising Waters on the West Coast
2:27 | Since 2015, sea level has risen on the U.S. West Coast by almost one centimeter per year. The global average is 3.3 millimeters.
Our Dynamic Earth: Rebound and Subsidence
2:14 | The Mississippi River Delta is essentially drowning as sinking ground is combined with higher sea levels. NASA is studying this case with an airborne campaign designed to study how sediments are accumulating on the delta.
Earth Science Basics: What Determines the Level of the Sea?
4:07 | Fathoming the forces that determine global sea levels can be daunting. We present a guide to the basics of ocean surface topography.
Why scientists are so worried about this glacier
4:58 | The Thwaites Glacier, in West Antarctica, has retreated more than 14 kilometers in the last two decades as warm ocean water undermines it. It’s why scientists are racing to find out how close it is to total collapse.
Climate change – living on the water
42:26 | Sea levels are rising faster and faster, threatening 700 million people who live on the world’s coasts. Will water become the habitat of the future?
Rising threat from the seas
42:25 | How high will the oceans rise due to climate change? The projections are the subject of dispute, with scientists continually correcting their estimates upward.
Climate Refugees: Climate-Fueled Drought, Sea Level Rise, Storms & Fires Displace Millions Worldwide
10:53 | We speak with Hossein Ayazi, co-author of a new study that finds the climate crisis is already leading to a massive increase in the number of refugees being displaced around the world.
New Study: 300 Million Face Severe Risk of Climate-Fueled Coastal Flooding by 2050
19:13 | We speak with Harjeet Singh, the global lead on climate change for Action Aid; and Benjamin Strauss, co-author of the study in Nature Communications and CEO and chief scientist at Climate Central.
Ice, Oceans & Climate Change: The new IPCC report
5:48 | Global warming is melting ice and raising seas, but our impacts on the watery world is far more complex than sea level rise.
Sandt eller falsk: Havet stiger syv meter, når Grønlands is smelter?
2:19 | Videnskab.dk faktatjekker politikernes klima-påstande.
This is what sea level rise will do to coastal cities
7:18 | We look at how the world map will change in the year 2100, and what coastal cities can do to defend themselves.
Kiribati: a drowning paradise in the South Pacific
42:51 | Rising sea levels mean the island nation of Kiribati is at risk of disappearing into the sea. But the island’s inhabitants aren’t giving up.
A conversation with Peter Wadhams 4:4: Global Sea Levels
11:44 | In the final part of our conversation with Peter Wadhams we talk about one of the most destructive outcomes of climate change – global sea level rises. We also look at the Camp Fire of California.
Sea level rise is so much more than melting ice
6:08 | Sea level in New York City is rising about one and a half times faster than the global average. But isn’t the sea level…flat? Dr. Andrea Dutton explains.
Sea Level Rise: Some Reason for Hope?
9:10 | Scientists analyze global sea level rise.
Sea Level Rise
6:59 | Sea-level rise is one of the inevitable results of global warming.
Sea level rise is getting worse. Here’s what you need to know
6:08 | A brief look at the connection between sea level rise, sunshine flooding, and climate change. Specifically how sea level rise is getting worse on America’s coastal cities.
Our Rising Seas
31:39 | The present sea level rise is due to human-produced climate change. That accelerating rise is unevenly distributed around the globe, with certain areas much more vulnerable than others.
WTF gør vi med klimaet – Redningsplanen
6:24 | Vandstanden i verdenshavene stiger som følge af et varmere klima. Hvilken betydning har klimaforandringerne for vandstanden i Danmark? Magnus Millang og hans bror Emil advarer i denne video danskerne om konsekvenserne.
Questions of Stability: An Interview with Stefan Rahmstorf
12:25 | Climate scientist Stefan Rahmstorf talks about his research on global sea level rise, extreme weather events, the Gulf Stream System and the role of the Paris Agreement in 2015.
Time to Wake Up to Sea Level Rise
17:15 | Time to Wake Up: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (December 2016)
Rising Seas: How Fast, How Far?
31:32 | Observations show that the seas are indeed rising, and that the rise in the 20th Century is unique in the context of the previous millennia.
Feeling the Effects of Climate Change
2:22 | Leonardo DiCaprio visits Pacific island nations, Kiribati and Palau, to see first-hand the effects of climate change.
Climate Change Formula: Rising Sea Levels + Coastal Megacities = Forced Migration
6:12 | With Parag Khanna.
Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise and Superstorms
14:59 | Video Abstract featuring James Hansen.
Sea Level Rise
4:30 | Keah Schuenemann explains how global warming is causing sea level rise through thermal expansion and melting of land ice.
NASA’s Earth Minute: Sea Level Rise
1:30 | Since 1880, the global sea level has risen 8 inches (20 cm); by 2100, it is projected to rise another 1 to 4 feet (30-120 cm).
4 Degrees Warmer: Great Cities Wash Away
2:35 | If the world warms by four degrees oceans will rise and glaciers will disappear, cutting off fresh water to billions.