Lise Alves
Lise Alves is a São Paulo, Brazil-based journalist who covers global environmental politics and business for us.
By Lise Alves, Contributing Reporter
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA - Large, thick, floating ice shelves in Antarctica are melting due to the warm air above - as well as the warmer ocean water running below, say findings published last week. The...
By Lise Alves, Contributing Reporter
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA – Climate change and sea level rise may have fatal consequences for the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, forcing the Navy to relocate the second oldest navy school in the United...
By Lise Alves, Contributing Reporter
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA – For decades, engineers agreed that constructing airports on flat areas close to the water made sense, providing clear paths for aircrafts to take off and land. Now with the sea...
By Lise Alves, Contributing Reporter
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA – In the wake of the latest IPCC report on the conditions of our oceans, the House of Representative’s Natural Resources Committee approved a bill which will help Washington state’s Native American...
By Lise Alves, Contributing Reporter
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA – One of the key instruments to measure sea level rise, the Jason-2 satellite has successfully ended its mission, according to officials from NASA. The satellite orbited the earth’s atmosphere for eleven...
By Lise Alves, Contributing Reporter
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA – Billionaire philanthropists, Lynda and Stewart Resnick announced last week a US$750 million to Caltech for research in climate change and sustainability. The Resnicks’ donation is the second largest to an educational...
By Lise Alves, Contributing Reporter
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA – Over 75 agents, from government, international development banks, civil society and the private sector have agreed to support initiatives to accelerate climate change adaptation solutions, the Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA)...
By Lise Alves, Contributing Reporter
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA – Global sea levels will most likely rise between 0.95 feet and 3.61 feet by 2100, according to a report released on Wednesday by the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
By Lise Alves, Contributing Reporter
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA – As coastal towns across the U.S. struggle to find solutions to sea level rise (SLR), one state in particular is extremely concerned about its vulnerability - Hawaii. With most of the...
By Lise Alves, Contributing Reporter
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA – A report issued by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) shows that the 2015-2019 period is turning out to be the hottest on record, and with it impacts of climate change, such...
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