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Thu, 2012-11-01 19:11 — mdmcdonald
The Climate Change working group is focusing on identifying and managing issues regarding climate change in New York

The mission of the Climate Change working group is to identify and manage issues regarding climate change in New York

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Nov. 18: Controversial Predictions of the 5th Climate Report

Sat, 2013-11-09 15:19 — Gina Angiola
Date: 
Monday, November 18, 2013 - 18:00 to 20:00

Local & Global Impacts of Extreme Weather: 

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The Hard Math of Flood Insurance in a Warming World

Sat, 2013-10-26 23:14 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

A man walks through flooded streets in Hoboken, New Jersey, after Superstorm Sandy | Emile Wamsteker/Bloomberg via Getty Images

As subsidized rates of federal flood insurance rise, property owners along the coasts get angry. But we need insurance that reflects the risks of a changing planet

time.com - by Bryan Walsh - October 1, 2013

Thousands of homeowners in flood-prone parts of the country are going to be in for a rude awakening.  On Oct. 1, new changes to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which offers government-subsidized policies for households and businesses threatened by floods, mean that businesses in flood zones and homes that have been severely or repeatedly flooded will start going up 25% a year until rates reach levels that would reflect the actual risk from flooding. (Higher rates for second or vacation homes went into effect at the start of 2013.) That means that property owners in flood-prone areas who might have once been paying around $500 a year—rates that were well below what the market would charge, given the threat from flooding—will go up by thousands of dollars over the next decade.

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Reinsurance Association of America's Senate Testimony on Climate Change

Sat, 2013-10-05 17:08 — admin

On July 18, 2013, Frank Nutter, President of the Reinsurance Association of America, testified before the Senate Committee on Environment Protection and Public Works as to the RAAs perspective on weather and climate-related impacts in the United States.

 

Following are excerpts from his report:

"In the 1980’s, the average number of natural catastrophes globally was 400 events per year. In recent years, the average is 1000. Munich Re’s analysis suggests the increase is driven almost entirely by weather-related events. North America has seen a fivefold increase in the number of such events since 1980. In comparison, Europe has seen a twofold increase.

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Urban Resilience in an Era of Climate Change: Global Input for Local Solutions

Thu, 2013-09-12 21:18 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

nyc.gov

The National Park Service, New York City Department of Environmental Protection, New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, the City University of New York, and Natural Areas Conservancy are pleased to announce the Urban Resilience in an Era of Climate Change: Global Input for Local Solutions symposium at Kingsborough College, Brooklyn on October 17-18, 2013.

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Where Streets Flood With the Tide, a Debate Over City Aid

Sun, 2013-07-14 19:03 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

A Soggy Neighborhood Fights to Stay Dry In order to mitigate flooding in Broad Channel, Queens, which is built on a marsh jutting into Jamaica Bay, city engineers have a plan to raise parts of the neighborhood.

nytimes.com - by Kia Gregory - July 9, 2013

As the sun began to set one recent Sunday, saltwater poured off Jamaica Bay onto West 12th Road, one of the lowest-lying areas in New York City.

Now, the city is budgeting $22 million to try to save the neighborhood by installing bulkheads and by raising streets and sidewalks by three feet.

But the project also raises fundamental questions about whether, in an era of extreme weather, the government should come to the aid of neighborhoods that are trying to fend off inevitably rising waters.

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Post-Sandy Design Competition: 3C Comprehensive Coastal Communities Competition

Sat, 2013-04-13 19:30 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Organized by students from ORLI (Operation Resilient Long Island) and the New York Institute of Technology, the 3C Comprehensive Coastal Communities Competition aims to address issues facing towns that are vulnerable to, and have been affected by coastal storms.  While post-Sandy rebuilding has begun, little has been done to develop new strategies that will mitigate the impact of future storms – particularly those related to re-zoning and adaptable housing typologies.

Global Warming is Epic, Long-Term Study Says

Thu, 2013-03-14 13:55 — Kathy Gilbeaux

                           (LINKS TO STUDY ABSTRACT AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ARE BELOW)

      

Scientists look at an ice core from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide coring site.  Credit: Thomas Bauska, OSU

CNN - by Ben Brumfield - March 8, 2013

Global warming has propelled Earth's climate from one of its coldest decades since the last ice age to one of its hottest -- in just one century.

A heat spike like this has never happened before, at least not in the last 11,300 years, said climatologist Shaun Marcott, who worked on a new study on global temperatures going back that far.

"If any period in time had a sustained temperature change similar to what we have today, we would have certainly seen that in our record," he said.

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Study Abstract - A Reconstruction of Regional and Global Temperature for the Past 11,300 Years
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6124/1198.abstract

NOAA, USGS: Climate Change Impacts to U.S. Coasts Threaten Public Health, Safety and Economy

Thu, 2013-02-07 22:42 — Kathy Gilbeaux

noaa.gov - January 28, 2013

According to a new technical report, the effects of climate change will continue to threaten the health and vitality of U.S. coastal communities’ social, economic and natural systems. The report, Coastal Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerabilities: a technical input to the 2013 National Climate Assessment, authored by leading scientists and experts, emphasizes the need for increased coordination and planning to ensure U.S. coastal communities are resilient against the effects of climate change.

The recently-released report examines and describes climate change impacts on coastal ecosystems and human economies and communities, as well as the kinds of scientific data, planning tools and resources that coastal communities and resource managers need to help them adapt to these changes.

"Back to the Drawing Board" Advancement by Several Forecasting Experts (NOAA release)

Tue, 2013-02-05 10:08 — Amanda Cole

The following is a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) release.
Article submitted by Henry Rodriguez

www.noaa.gov

 In case Superstorm Sandy did not convince risk experts that hurricane categories are not useful predictors of potential storm surge levels, a NOAA executive hammered home the point at a recent insurance conference.

Third Wave Volunteers develop a Tree Initiative and Study in the Rockaways.

Tue, 2012-11-27 00:52 — Albert Gomez

One of the areas in the study:

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http://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/images/header_graphic_usgsIdentifier_white.jpg

Geology of National Parks, 3D and Photographic Tours

http://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/nyc/parks/loc69.htm

69. Breezy Point (Gateway National Recreation Area)

Had you planned a visit to Breezy Point before the Civil War you would have been in for a surprise. It did not exist! All the land west of the vicinity of Jacob Riis Park has formed within a little more than a century (Figure 184). This is largely because of the construction of a groin field to protect the beaches at Fort Tilden, and the placement of the Breezy Point jetty to prevent the filling of Rockaway Inlet. The sand has been contributed naturally by the westward longshore drift along the south shore of Long Island, particularly the Rockaway barrier island and sources offshore.

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