Of all the climate dynamics and effects of global warming sea level rise is the one we understand the least
Sea level rise – Dark horse of climate change
Different views on Sea level rise
Sea level rise is a new and growing challenge with several perspectives on it . (illustration ref. di1667 )
Four strategies to face sea level rise
Coastal cities and places are finding new solutions against the rising seas using: protection, adaptation, withdrawal or avoidance (Illustration ref: di01660)
Choosing types of coastal protection
Communities can choose from many ways to create coastal defenses to prepare for future sea level rise (drawing: di01664 )
We are all experts in some way
We need to talk together - experts can talk very convincing, but sometimes it is worth remembering that the more expert, the more narrow perspective ( illustration ref. di01663)
Climate protection can be more
di01662 - Many climate measures will only come into use in extreme storm and weather situations, and to make them better investments and more useful, planners and architects have started to put experiences and other functions into them
User skepticism about change
Di01666 - New projects can run into what is called NIMBY: "Not in my backyard"
Climate solutions in the sea close to land
Di01665 - The sea close to land is far more important both for biodiversity and protection against rising seas and storm surges than previously thought
Nature based sea protection
Di01657 - More and more solutions for securing the coasts against rising seas and storm surges use both nature as inspiration and buffer
Un-noticed vs sudden sea rise
Di01659 Graph of the sudden and unexpected surge, which we can recover from, and then the slow, predictable, but unstoppable rising sea, which we have to move from sooner or later
Storm surge and sea level rise
Di01658 Sea level rise is the slow turtle that steadily, but quietly crawls up a little higher on the beach every year. Storm surge is the increasingly large bird, flapping its waves, flying fast and destructively inland, soon to be gone again, so reconstruction can begin. With the turtle, no rebuilding is possible.
Our buildings shape us first
"We shape our buildings, and afterwards they shape us" said Winston Churchill... but isn't it more the other way around?
Surrender to love
Way back I did this drawing and put it up for download, and some time later I received a great snapshot of it used on a wall far, far away.
The challenged bumblebee
Bumblebees are important pollinators, that can help pollination even in cold climates
In the hand of technology
Artificial intelligence can faster and faster evaluate people for both their potential... and their challenges ( illustration ref. di00010)
Earth in a Dumpster
Busy life in the city, almost overlooking it there deep in the alley... ( Drawing ref: di00013 )
The human guest
Maybe Nature is a potluck dinner, where all bring themselves on the table... Problem is we treat it as a buffet just for us...
The challenge of I don’t care
The toughest challenge can be less about convincing people with an opposite opinion, and more about convincing people without one
Global warming thermometer
Experts and huge computers are struggling to prognose and calculate the challenges to a warmer world
Walking as only choice
Many migrants leave their place on foot, without more than they can carry
Leaving in hope
As climate change, land degradation and population growth stress more and more regions, people leave for the big cities or foreign countries, in hope of creating a better tomorrow for their loved ones and themselves
From protesting to protecting
As global warming increase we need to move from protesting to try to save nature instead
Legal codes of nature
Live drawing: Laws can form the landscapes in many ways
financing wildlife
Live drawing: Tourism, walking, birdwatching, taxpaying and customers can all support nature
Moving biodiversity with technology
Ai powered tech can play a part in the monitoring and saving of endangered species
Drawn Journalism by Frits Ahlefeldt 