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…
10/18/2023‘Climate Gentrification’ Will Displace One Million People in Miami AloneScientific American: More than half of the 2.6 million residents in the Miami area will experience “climate gentrification” and pressure to …
10/12/2023The Floods Next TimeVital City: New York must do much more to protect itself from torrential rains. New Yorkers have once again been reminded that climate ch…
09/29/2023City Caught Flat-Footed on Flood as Deluge Dredges Up Past LessonsTHE CITY: Record rainfall soaked New York on Friday, disrupting public transportation and schools while flooding streets and homes as offici…