Grist: Like many coastal cities around the world, New York City is sinking. On a year-to-year basis, the rate of its descent into the Earth is practically imperceptible, but over time those millimeters add up: Today, the city is 9 inches lower than it was in 1950 — a number that has serious implications for […]
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Bloomberg: An ambitious plan to more than double New York City’s investment into making the city a natural sponge for increasingly heavy rainfall hinges in part on its ability to buy up new plots of land. The state and city announced $2 billion on Tuesday that adds to an existing $1.5 billion fund to expand
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Arch Daily: This Earth Day, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris highlighted the many benefits of nature-based solutions and recognized the important role of landscape architects in this work. At the University of Miami, she also announced $562 million in funding for coastal resilience projects, supporting 149 projects in 30 states, through the Climate-Ready Coasts Initiative of the National Oceanic
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Staten Island Advance: The day started in a boat yard in Laurence Harbor, New Jersey. It was the kickoff point for a trip to get a first-hand glimpse at one of the first major resiliency efforts to take shape off the coast of Staten Island: The Living Breakwaters Project. Kevin Robinson, the project manager for
Grainger Today: Nine out of 10 U.S. counties suffered a federally-declared climate disaster between 2011 and 2021, according to a recent report. Disasters such as flooding, wildfires, hurricanes, winter storms, or other extreme weather events affected nearly every part of the country. This means most U.S. residents are potentially in the path of natural disasters,
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The Center Square: Nine out of 10 U.S. counties suffered a federally-declared climate disaster between 2011 and 2021, according to a recent report. Disasters such as flooding, wildfires, hurricanes, winter storms, or other extreme weather events affected nearly every part of the country. This means most U.S. residents are potentially in the path of natural
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Thew News Times: Nine out of 10 U.S. counties suffered a federally-declared climate disaster between 2011 and 2021, according to a recent report. Disasters such as flooding, wildfires, hurricanes, winter storms, or other extreme weather events affected nearly every part of the country. This means most U.S. residents are potentially in the path of natural
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SI Advance: A $107 million resiliency plan designed to blunt the power of waves during extreme weather has made steady progress since it broke ground in late 2021 and is nearing a completion date late next year. The “Living Breakwaters” project, a series of eight separate in-water structures spanning 2,400 linear feet off the South Shore of
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WAMC Radio: Last week, state Comptroller DiNapoli issued a new report identifying a growing cost facing local governments. According to the report, a sample of local governments across New York reported $1.34 billion in actual and anticipated spending on capital projects over a 10-year period, with about 55% of the total in response to climate-related hazards, such
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Architectural Digest: Climate change isn’t just about extreme heat and rising sea levels—another side effect of greenhouse gas emissions is intense rainfall. Enter rainwater harvesting. All that water needs to go somewhere. Sudden, heavy precipitation can create deadly floods in communities that are low-lying, have lots of impervious surfaces, or otherwise have poor stormwater management,
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