Is the Anthropocene Era a sinking endeavor?

Rising Seas: Many of us have begun to sink. Will that make us pay attention?

Seven places that are sinking faster than anywhere else in the US

https://www.businessinsider.com/cities-towns-sinking-rapidly-us-2019-6

New Maps Show How Sea Level Rise Will Destroy Coastal Cities By 2050 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimdobson/2019/10/30/shocking-new-maps-show-how-sea-level-rise-will-destroy-coastal-cities-by-2050/?sh=27cf6690456c

Our Debt to Places That Are Sinking

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/07/18/opinion/our-debt-places-that-are-sinking/

The Marshall Islands likely won't exist if we warm the planet 2 degrees

https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2015/06/opinions/sutter-two-degrees-marshall-islands/

Students on Pacific islands being swallowed by rising seas join global climate strike

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/climate-strike-change-protests-solomon-islands-global-warming-demonstrations-south-pacific-kiribati-marshall-islands-a9113386.html

The People of the Isle de Jean Charles Are Louisiana’s First Climate Refugees—But They Won’t Be the Last

https://www.nrdc.org/stories/people-isle-jean-charles-are-louisianas-first-climate-refugees-they-wont-be-last

This Alaska Town is Fleeing to Higher Ground

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/as-water-levels-rise-this-alaska-town-is-fleeing-to-higher-ground

 

How Sea Level Rise Threatens the NY/NJ/CT Region

https://www.fairfieldct.org/filestorage/10736/12067/17055/26401/48821/UNDER_WATER___How_Sea_Level_Rise_Threatens_the_Tri-State_Region_December_2016.pdf 

Are the Dutch Docklands Floating Islands a Sustainable Alternative?

https://trends.archiexpo.com/project-25436.html

What kind of conversations are you having about rising water? Do you live on high ground? Or on low ground? What does activism look like where you live?

Grand Challenge: Understanding and Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet

ERC Grand Challenges: For project design, for inquiry, for activism

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