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Climate One: When it comes to rising seas and other climate threats, how do we figure out when to stay and when to go?  The concept of managed retreat – essentially abandoning homes or towns – is unpopular, but it’s gaining momentum, particularly in places facing increased climate disruption such as floods and wildfire.  Southeast Virginia […]

NBC News: Kate Orff is the first landscape architect to ever win a MacArthur “genius grant”. She’s a pioneer in the green infrastructure movement, specializing in hybrid infrastructure projects that make cities more climate resilient while also enriching or reviving natural habitats for local flora and fauna. Her most recent project, Living Breakwaters, is being

NJ Insider: Mayor Ravi S. Bhalla and the City of Hoboken today announced it is seeking a qualified consultant to engage in an open public process for the design of the City’s newest resiliency park planned for 800 Monroe St. “The City has taken an innovative approach to provide our residents with more quality open

NHK: People across the globe draw life from our oceans. They navigate over the surface. They’re nourished by the creatures below. But many who live alongside them find themselves in troubled waters. They can see the threats through their windows: super hurricanes, torrential rains, flooding … even on sunny days. Some innovators are redesigning low-lying areas

NBC: June 23, 1988, marks the date that Dr. James Hansen, the former director of NASA’s Institute for Space Studies, gave a testimony in front of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee stating that the Earth’s climate is changing due to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions.  Dr. Hansen’s statement sounded the alarm, awakening the