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Freelance reporter covering environmental stories based in the PNW. Previously with Al Jazeera America in New York City, and Al Jazeera English in Doha, Qatar

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Tag: sea level rise

Indian tribal group among first Americans displaced by climate change

By Renee Lewis / Source TRT World TAHOLAH, Washington State – The Quinault Indian Nation’s creation story says the first … More

acidification, climate change, climate refugees, erosion, global warming, native americans, quinault, relocation, renee lewis, salmon, sea level rise, social justice, solar, trt world, washington state

Watching the seas rise: The new Jason-3 satellite is busy mapping the oceans

[NASA] [Source: Fusion.net] By Renee Lewis A new map of global ocean levels recently revealed a relentless rise due to … More

bill patzert, climate change, fusion, glaciers, global warming, ice sheets, Jason-3, NASA, ocean, renee lewis, rising seas, satellite, sea level rise

Report: Arctic temperatures hit record high

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Dec. 15, 2015 Arctic temperatures in 2015 were the warmest on record, … More

al jazeera, arctic, climate change, environment, Greenland, NOAA, renee lewis, sea ice, sea level rise, walrus, weather

Historic Paris deal puts globe on path to limit warming to 1.5 C

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Dec. 12, 2015 Climate negotiators in Paris have approved a historic agreement … More

al jazeera, carbon market, carbon trade, climate change, cop 21, environment, francois hollande, Greenpeace, IPCC, marshall islands, migration, paris, renee lewis, sea level rise, tony debrum, treaty, Union of concerned scientists

Threat from oxygen loss in oceans left off table in Paris talks

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Dec. 11, 2015 While some effects of climate change on the oceans — including acidification and rising … More

acidification, al jazeera, algae, carbon, climate change, cop 21, dead zones, emissions, environment, extinction, ocean, oxygen, paris, renee lewis, sea level rise

Limiting global warming at 1.5 C is a human rights issue, Philippines says

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Dec. 8, 2015 Capping global warming at a 1.5 degrees Celsius rise … More

al jazeera, climate change, disaster, emmanuel de guzman, environment, extreme weather, flooding, marshall islands, paris, philippines, renee lewis, sea level rise, tony debrum, weather

Climate change already affecting migration patterns around the world

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Dec. 2, 2015 Climate change is already contributing to an increase in migration … More

al jazeera, bangladesh, climate, climate change, drought, environment, extreme weather, geneva, Internal Displacement Monitoring Center, marshall islands, migrants, migration, refugees, renee lewis, sea level rise

Egypt: Alexandria flooding may be new norm because of climate change

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Oct. 26, 2015 An unseasonable rainstorm in the Egyptian city of Alexandria … More

al jazeera, alexandria, climate change, egypt, environment, extreme weather, flood, renee lewis, sea level rise, storm surge, united nations, world bank

Pacific Island Nations to UN: Climate Change can’t wait

By Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America / Sept. 27, 2013 When the leaders of the Marshall Islands headed to … More

al jazeera, climate action, climate change, environment, extreme weather, global warming, majuro declaration, marshall islands, pacific island nations, renee lewis, sea level rise, south pacific, sustainable development, tony debrum, UN

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