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Tag Archives: New York City
Lessons on Containment for the Climate Pandemic
Climate change and COVID19 are similarly explosive problems, with similar dangers from missing the opportunity for containment. One silver lining is that the pandemic has led us to change our lives in some ways that could be made permanent, to simultaneously rein in climate change. Continue reading
Posted in climate, opinion, water
Tagged chronic, climate, containment, coronavirus, covid, emissions, exponential, flood, mitigation, New York City, nuisance, pandemic, sea level rise, sunny, tidal, tide
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Vanishing Glaciers, Rising Seas, and More Street Flooding in Low-Lying New York City Neighborhoods
A guest post by Dr. Vivien Gornitz The Okjokull glacier in Iceland is no more. In 2014, Oddur Sigurosson, a prominent Icelandic glaciologist, declared that the remnant ice was too thin to qualify as a glacier. A plaque erected … Continue reading
Posted in climate, water
Tagged Antarctica, flooding, glaciers, Gornitz, ice sheets, New York City, NPCC, Rockaway Peninsula, sea level rise, spring tide, tides
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Repetitive Flooding Coming with Winter Storm Riley
Low-lying areas of the NYC Metro area should expect coastal flooding over multiple high tides Friday through Sunday, due to Winter Storm Riley’s winds coinciding with the month’s highest tides. The forecast for coastal areas is significantly worse than for NY/NJ … Continue reading
Posted in water, weather
Tagged compound flooding, flooding, new jersey, New York City, nor'easter, rain, Riley, storm surge
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A “new normal” or drowning by a million drops?
I was interviewed the other day on WNYC regarding flood events of the past few months — there is a concern that the three events that flooded some low-lying neighborhoods with roughly a foot of water signify a “new normal”, but … Continue reading
Posted in climate, water, weather
Tagged 19-year, compaction, flood, Jamaica Bay, New York City, sea level rise, spring tide, storm surge, tide, WNYC
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Nor’easter Flood Intermission and the Coming Second Act
As things have paused between high tides, we have a sort of intermission in the coastal flood stresses impacting many of us. Water levels are on their way up again, and here’s an update on what happened and what I expect … Continue reading
Posted in water, weather
Tagged Davidson Laboratory, Delaware, ensemble, flood, Jonas, Maryland, new jersey, New York City, nor'easter, probability, Stevens Institute, storm surge
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Nor’easter Jonas Evening Forecast Addendum
Additional details on the New York / New Jersey Metro Area Getting it right with “minor” versus “moderate” flooding is particularly important when there is ice and freezing temperatures, as NOAA’s definitions (see below) suggest some evacuation may be needed … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Kill, flooding, Jamaica Bay, Jonas, Minor, Moderate, new jersey, New York City, newark bay, nor'easter, Raritan Bay, storm surge, tide
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Nor’easter “Jonas” Coastal Flood Forecast
A large full-moon tide will coincide with strong winds, snowfall, and a moderate 2-5 foot storm surge this weekend, leading to the possibility of coastal flooding across our region. The areas at most risk for major flooding are Virginia, Maryland, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, water, weather
Tagged Davidson Laboratory, Delaware, ensemble, flood, Jonas, Maryland, new jersey, New York City, nor'easter, probability, Stevens Institute, storm, surge, Virginia
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Hurricane Joaquin flood forecast interpretation
5pm EDT, October 1, 2015 [This is a cross-post from Stevens Institute’s Davidson Laboratory. It is a multi-contributor post summarizing our flood forecast products and interpretation] We are closely monitoring a weekend nor’easter and Hurricane Joaquin in the Caribbean, which could … Continue reading
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Tagged Davidson Laboratory, ensemble, flood, hurricane, Joaquin, new jersey, New York City, probability, Stevens Institute, storm, surge
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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
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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
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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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