Channel: Cheddar

Category: Science & Technology

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Description: New York City’s geography makes it particularly at risk to the impacts of climate change - like rising seas and subsequent flooding. The city has already experienced the effects of increasingly severe weather. In response, the city is building a plan to protect itself, from flood walls, to levees, to redesigning its coast. Special thanks to Steve Cohen, the Director of SIPA's Environmental Science and Policy program and the Sustainability Management program at SPS and the Earth Institute, Climate School. Further reading: New York Times nytimes.com/2022/02/15/climate/us-rising-sea-levels.html#:~:text=The%20report%20projects%20that%20sea,are%20cut%20over%20that%20time. nytimes.com/2020/01/17/nyregion/the-119-billion-sea-wall-that-could-defend-new-york-or-not.html Fast Company fastcompany.com/90704383/what-new-york-needs-to-look-like-as-sea-levels-rise Reuters reuters.com/business/environment/protect-community-climate-change-new-york-is-elevating-park-2021-05-21 NASA icp.giss.nasa.gov/research/ppa/2002/impacts/introduction.html Salon salon.com/2021/08/27/this-is-what-new-york-city-will-look-like-after-climate-change NYC.gov www1.nyc.gov/site/cdbgdr/about/About%20Hurricane%20Sandy.page#:~:text=Impact%20of%20Hurricane%20Sandy&text=The%20storm%20resulted%20in%20the,New%20Yorkers%20were%20temporarily%20displaced. Connect with Cheddar! On Facebook: chddr.tv/3JmGgBe On Twitter: chddr.tv/3qaYQog On Instagram: chddr.tv/36u8tqY On Cheddar.com: chddr.tv/37GycgL