02/28/2024Seen those cranes and rising rock islands off the South Shore coast? Here’s what they’re doing thereS.I. Live – If you’ve noticed some cranes and rock structures in the waters off the Tottenville coast, you’ve been looking at a multi-millio…
01/28/2024AT&T unintentionally creates groundbreaking resource that could permanently alter local communities — here’s howMSN: Being prepared to deal with extreme weather events before they happen is a major part of climate resiliency and one that is becoming in…
01/25/2024Here is how NYC will be dealing with the heavy rain problemTimeOut: Throughout the past few years in NYC, episodes of heavy rainfall have become more and more common. What's more, the precipitation h…
01/25/2024More Heavy Rainfall, Flooding Prompt NYC to Create Innovation Working GroupsSmart Cities Dive: New York City kicked off a “Rainproof NYC” initiative on Jan. 9 to identify innovative ways the city can address the…
01/16/2024Visualizing Climate Disaster’s Surprise Cascading EffectsScientific American: Check out the article and graphic here.…
12/19/2023After a Decade of Planning, New York City Is Raising Its ShorelineYale Environment 360: On a recent morning in Asser Levy Playground, on Manhattan’s East Side, a group of retirees traded serves on a handbal…
12/13/2023Best designs and designers of 2023The Guardian: Living Breakwaters by Kate Orff at Scape Studio. Read More>>>…
11/20/2023Ecosystems as Infrastructure: A New Way of Looking at Climate ResilienceYale Environment 360: When people think of landscape architecture, small-scale recreational spaces like urban parks, gardens, and golf cours…
11/17/2023How Hoboken Is Responding to Climate ChangeWNYC: Michael Kimmelman, architecture critic, founder of New York Times initiative Headway, which is focused on big global challenges and pa…
11/10/2023Worsening natural hazards an “opportunity” to rethink cities says Rebuild By Design head Amy Chesterdezeen: The increasing need to protect cities from environmental hazards is a chance to transform communities for the better, says Rebuild B…
11/07/2023Ecosystems as Infrastructure: A New Way of Looking at Climate ResilienceYale Environment 360: When people think of landscape architecture, small-scale recreational spaces like urban parks, gardens, and golf cours…
11/03/2023A Climate Change Success Story? Look at HobokenNew York Times: The city of Hoboken, N.J., once a marshy outcropping that the Lenape inhabited only seasonally, hugs the Hudson River. Three…
10/30/2023New Jersey still rebuilding after Superstorm SandyFox weather: Superstorm Sandy pounded New York and New Jersey 11 years ago but communities are still rebuilding and hardening towns and citi…
10/25/2023Born after Superstorm Sandy’s destruction, 2 big flood control projects get underway in New JerseyAP: HOBOKEN, N.J. A decade after they were first envisioned in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy ’s destruction, two of the largest flood co…
10/23/2023New York’s Storm Impacted Immigrants and Low-Income Residents the MostDocumented: Most 311 flood-related calls the day of the storm were coming from areas with high populations of foreign-born residents On S…
10/20/2023Could Billions of Oysters Protect us From the Next Big Storm?National Geographic: Flash flooding in New York City. Sinking coasts in Louisiana. To guard against the effects of climate change, these com…