Next Stop, Atlantis

Digests:

  1. Scientists
  2. Archivists
  3. Citizens
  4. Sustainable Design

Summaries:

This timeline is a historical representation of how the human race reacted to a large, unexpected increase in sea levels all across the world. The sea level rising was the effect global temperature rise as a result of several socio-technical systems. . . . more

Timeline Highlights

The decade and a half preceding 2030 was a time of radical technological and societal advancement and change. The United States, and much of the world, went from having more than half of its energy derived from nonrenewable sources to having a completely renewable energy source by 2030. We landed a man on Mars and have started the process of colonization, expanding the horizon of human advancement. . . . more

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Further Reading: 

These rising waters pose a widely acknowledged danger to America’s coastal cities; but sea-level rise also threatens our nation’s biodiversity.

Source: Center for Biological Diversity

The Importance of Sea Ice: Sea ice has a profound influence on the polar physical environment, including ocean circulation, weather, and regional climate.

Source: NASA Earth Observatory

At the global scale, the key greenhouse gases emitted by human activities are. . .

Source: United States EPA

7 Cool Ways Cities Are Thinking Ahead on Climate Change: From sea walls to “sponge zones,” here are some innovative urban ideas for boosting resilience.

Source: National Geographic

 

Videos:

Data from NASA's global network of satellites, 
airborne missions and surface monitoring systems 
is used to build climate models that help us 
understand the causes and effects of global warming.
WATCH: Animated video of the Watersquare Benthemplein, 
by studio analoog
Revisit NASA's Mars Pathfinder and Rover (360 View)
Mars is a completely hostile environment to human life. 
And yet, if we want to expand into the Solar System, 
we'll need to live on this planet. Here's how we'll do it.
"Planet of Mars" popularized space travel among kids

Interactive Resources:

Vital Signs of the Planet: Global Climate Change and Global Warming. Current news and data streams about global warming and climate change from NASA.

Source: Climate Time Machine

This tool provides estimates of the areas of Ramsar Wetland Sites that are at risk of sea level rise in one and two meter elevation bands.

Source: Sea Level Rise Risk

The models were produced by a collaboration between two scientists that began in the 1990s. In those models, rising air temperatures in Antarctica caused meltwater to seep into cracks in floating shelves of ice, disintegrating them and exposing sheer cliffs that collapsed under their own weight into the Southern Ocean.

Source: Climate Central