Living in Manhattan and having experienced the storm tide during Hurricane Sandy, I have been reading up on the what climate change is doing to the sea level. Sea levels in the 20th century rose faster than in the 27 (!) centuries before that. A new paper is now suggesting that the rise in the 21st century could wind up being 3 feet. That would be enough to put water on a our doorstep during every high tide and of course devastating for many low lying islands around the world. Sadly, the latt...

Living in Manhattan and having experienced the storm tide during Hurricane Sandy, I have been reading up on the what climate change is doing to the sea level. Sea levels in the 20th century rose faster than in the 27 (!) centuries before that. A new paper is now suggesting that the rise in the 21st century could wind up being 3 feet. That would be enough to put water on a our doorstep during every high tide and of course devastating for many low lying islands around the world. Sadly, the latt...

Regular scheduled programming should return tomorrow. On Monday I posted how the storm surge was the biggest threat to New York City and that’s exactly what happened. There was definitely damage from wind blasts and also several people were killed by falling trees but in terms of knocking down the city, the flooding of tunnels, the power outages and the loss of subway transportation have had by far the largest impact. According to a NY Times article today, the three highest water marks at the...

Regular scheduled programming should return tomorrow. On Monday I posted how the storm surge was the biggest threat to New York City and that’s exactly what happened. There was definitely damage from wind blasts and also several people were killed by falling trees but in terms of knocking down the city, the flooding of tunnels, the power outages and the loss of subway transportation have had by far the largest impact. According to a NY Times article today, the three highest water marks at the...