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Tag Archives: New York City
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
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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Next Mayor: Continue to Lead on Climate
This is an Op-Ed published in the New York Times Room for Debate forum . It was solicited by the RfD editor, with the topic being “transportation challenges for the next mayor”. It was eventually published under a somewhat different debate topic, … Continue reading
Posted in air pollution, climate, opinion
Tagged air pollution, bicycle, Bloomberg, carbon, carbon dioxide, climate, debate, DeBlasio, emissions, flooding, marine, mayor, New York City, New York Times, nyc, Quinn, SBS, sea level rise, transportation
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Sandy’s Staten Island Flooding Deaths: A Man-Made Disaster?
Ask people how fast the water came into New York Harbor with Hurricane Sandy, or how fast it rose, and you get a wide range of answers. Many people think it was like a tsunami that came in quickly, with … Continue reading
Posted in opinion, security, water, weather
Tagged adaptation, berm, danger, death, Father Capodonno, flooding, hurricane, levee, Midland Beach, mortality, New York City, protection, Sandy, Schuerman, Staten Island, storm surge, superstorm, wall, WNYC
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Sandy We’re in Misery: Storm Recap
Now that Sandy has moved on, and some of us are lucky enough to have power and be getting back to “normal life”, I’m finally writing to recap what happened with the coastal flooding and how the forecasts compared to … Continue reading
Posted in water, weather
Tagged Battery, elevation, evaluation, flood, forecast, Frankenstorm, hurricane, Kings Point, New York City, NYHOPS, P-Surge, Sandy, sea level, SSWS, Stony Brook, storm surge, storm tide, superstorm, tropical
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What Height to Expect from this Evening’s Deluge
We are looking at a coastal flood around New York City region tonight that is nearly certain to be record-breaking. The morning flood at The Battery and other nearby locations was close to the flood elevation of Irene, and only … Continue reading
Posted in water, weather
Tagged datum, evacuation, forecast, Frankenstorm, gale, hurricane, long island, Long Island Sound, MSL, new jersey, New York City, Newark, predicted, Sandy, sea level, seawall, storm surge, storm tide, tide, water elevation, wind
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Dangerous, Likely Recordbreaking Surge Coming to NYC
Sandy’s storm surge for New York Harbor is almost definitely going to be worse than Irene’s, and it is likely to cause several feet higher flooding. There is a good chance (about 50%) that flood elevations at Manhattan and nearby … Continue reading
Posted in water, weather
Tagged evacuation, forecast, Frankenstorm, gale, harbor, hurricane, long island, Long Island Sound, new jersey, New York City, predicted, Sandy, seawall, storm surge, storm tide, tide, total water elevation, wind
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