A new National Park Service (NPS) report is unequivocal that human-caused climate change has significantly increased the rate of sea level rise that is putting coastal sites at risk. But the study is difficult to find on the web and the report’s lead author, Maria Caffrey of the University of Colorado, says she had to fight to keep many scientific statements about climate change in the final version. Read more >

Cape Lookout National Seashore, North Carolina. Photo: NPS
If You Can’t Censor It, Bury It: DOI Tries to Make a Stark New Study on Rising Seas Invisible
Adam Markham, Deputy director, Climate & Energy
May 21, 2018 3:22 PM EDT
Climate Change is Putting Iconic Historic Sites and National Parks at Growing Risk
, Adam Markham, Deputy director, Climate & Energy
May 20, 2014 1:00 AM EDT
Heading into the Memorial Day weekend, like most people in America, my thoughts usually begin to turn to summer vacation. But this year it’s different. I’m pre-occupied with the alarming threat climate change impacts — especially wildfires and coastal flooding — poses to some of our most important and iconic historic sites and national parks. Read more >
Birthplace of American Democracy Faces Threat from Accelerating Sea Level Rise
Adam Markham, Deputy director, Climate & Energy
June 17, 2013 11:18 AM EDT
The National Park Service is having to take urgent action to protect Jamestown — the birthplace of representative government in America — from accelerating sea level rise. Read more >