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Author Archives: Philip Orton
Increasing coincident surge and rain flooding
An important study was just published in the journal Nature Climate Change, on the topic of coincident rainfall and storm surge, termed “compound flooding”. We knew that storm surges and heavy rainfall events were both getting worse in some places, such … Continue reading
Posted in climate, water, weather
Tagged bioswale, compound flooding, flood, green roof, Hoboken, Nature Climate Change, New York City, pump, rain, Red Hook, storm, surge, Wahl
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Coastal Flood and Wave Forecast for the Blizzard
In a prior post, I laid out the dangers of combined ice, snow and storm surge flooding. It is a potentially catastrophic risk, as exemplified by the Blizzard of ’78 in New England. But fortunately, it’s very rare and perhaps … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged blizzard, Boston, flooding, forecast, Gulf of Maine, ice, Jersey Shore, Long Island Sound, New York City, New York Harbor, storm, surge, tide, wave, wind
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Why I Am Marching for Climate
On Sunday at noon, many thousands of concerned citizens will be marching to the United Nations in Manhattan to protest the lack of progress to reduce global carbon dioxide emissions, with the 2013 rate at its fastest rate ever. Each year, believe … Continue reading
Posted in climate, opinion
Tagged climate change, committed sea level rise, flooding, global warming, march, morality, sea level rise, United Nations
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Resilience Concepts Behind Living Breakwaters
I was asked by an intern at City Atlas, Travis Gonzales, to answer his well-posed questions on our winning Rebuild By Design entry, Living Breakwaters, and here is that Q&A, which I think gets addresses some important aspects of the concept. … Continue reading
Posted in climate, security, water
Tagged design, flooding, levee, living breakwaters, oyster, Rebuild By Design, reef, resilience, sea level rise, Staten Island, wave
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Living Growing Breakwaters and Building Community Resilience
We had great news a few weeks ago — our team was selected as a winner of the HUD Rebuild By Design competition, and New York State is being awarded $60 million to build out our project — Living, Growing Breakwaters off … Continue reading
Posted in security, water
Tagged coastal, education, flood, hazard, Kate Orff, Living Growing Breakwaters, modeling, oyster, reef, resilience, risk, SCAPE, Staten Island, stepping down, storm, surge, Tottenville, urban, waves
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Increasing storm tides in New York Harbor, 1844–2013
We published a paper in the journal Geophysical Research Letters in May (paper, supporting information), and a very important yet simple result from the paper is that Stefan Talke (Portland State University) recovered historical sea level data from NY Harbor and created this great 1844-2013 … Continue reading
Winter Coastal Storms – a Dangerous Mix of Hazards
The winter storm hitting us right now is a reminder of how coastal flooding and winter storms can mix and bring a dangerous combination of hazards. While the winds in this storm are substantially weaker (good news) than the Blizzard … Continue reading
Posted in security, Uncategorized, water
Tagged 1978, blizzard, Boston, flood, forecast, freeze, frozen, ice, storm, storm surge, storm tide, water level, winter
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Air Quality Measurements on Your Own Window Sill
[This is a guest blog post from Talmor Meir, a PhD student at Stevens Institute in the Maritime Security Laboratory.] Good news to NYC and it’s neighbors: According to The New York Times air across our city is the cleanest it … Continue reading
Posted in air pollution
Tagged air quality, carbon monoxide, citizen science, egg, measurement, Meir, New York City, nitrogen dioxide, NO2, personal, sampling, survey, Tal, Talmor
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