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Coastal cities have a hidden vulnerability to storm-surge and tidal flooding − entirely caused by humans

Posted on October 20, 2024 by Philip Orton

Philip M. Orton, Stevens Institute of Technology and Stefan Talke, California Polytechnic State University Centuries ago, estuaries around the world were teeming with birds and turbulent with schools of fish, their marshlands and endless tracts of channels melting into the … Continue reading →

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Vanishing Glaciers, Rising Seas, and More Street Flooding in Low-Lying New York City Neighborhoods

Posted on October 1, 2019 by Philip Orton

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 →

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