North Carolina Legislature Plays Xerxes, Considers Making Sea-Level Rise Illegal

When a storm destroyed Xerxes the Great’s bridge across the Hellespont in 480 BCE, he ordered that the sea be flogged with chains. Now, the North Carolina legislature is playing Xerxes. Some North Carolina legislators do not like the estimates of the … Continue reading

Not Just Kiribati – Rising Sea Levels a Threat to Coastal U.S.

This week we posted that the Pacific nation of Kiribati is considering purchasing land on Fiji as a possible site to relocate as rising waters threaten to submerge their home islands.  As distant and exotic as  Kiribati’s problem may sound an article in the … Continue reading