Tag: climate change
A new initiative to build an enormous wall around Lower Manhattan seems like something straight out of science fiction. The Big U is a continuous protective structure that will be nearly ten miles long when completed and, hopefully, help prevent the devastation from future hurricanes. One of six winning proposals in the Rebuild by Design competition that was initiated after […]
If rising sea levels and erratic temperatures weren’t enough, we can now add gravity fluctuations to the list of things that suck about climate change. According to a new report from the European Space Agency, there’s been a dip in Earth’s gravity that aligns with the loss of ice in Antarctica. The agency’s GOCE satellite […]
World leaders gathered at the United Nations General Assembly yesterday for a climate change summit, but it may be city leaders who actually get something done. As large nations like the U.S. and China continue to refuse drastic action on climate change, a special envoy of mayors hopes to make a global impact by attacking the problem […]
Three activists were detained by police this week outside a party at the Metropolitan Museum celebrating billionaire David H. Koch. The party came after the opening of their new outdoor plaza, a project which Koch donated $65 to help build. The activists, Kyle Depew, Grayson Earle, and Yates McKee, were detained and ticketed for “illegal advertising” after they […]
Climate change is effecting everything from subway temperatures to rising coastlines. In a new report, New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has outlined what he says is conclusive evidence of climate change along with urgent calls for action to be taken on the state level. Schneiderman focuses on the increasing frequency and intensity of rainfall and […]
According to an MTA panel draft report, climate change is wreaking havoc on New York’s crucial transport system, inside and out. Experts fear that this is causing equipment to break down and structures to be damaged, notes Capital New York. The ever-climbing temperatures on platforms are posing increasing health risks to commuters. Flooding is not the only climate change risk to the system. Extreme temperatures, particularly […]
German scientists say that the melting glaciers of Antarctica may threaten coastal cities like New York with higher sea rise than previously thought. A new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research forecasts that Antarctica’s ice melt could raise sea levels between one and 37 centimeters (15 inches), if carbon emissions remain the same. “This is […]
This summer has been pretty nice so far, by NYC standards, with sporadic and bearable heat waves and most of the extreme weather consisting of freak thunderstorms. Lucky 2014. Prepare yourselves for Nelly to make a big comeback, ’cause it’s getting hot in here in the future. Climate Central has created an interactive map that shows […]
The Daily Kos recently posted about a “new Red State fad” that’s so absurd it’s difficult to even comprehend. “Rollin’ coal” is the practice of installing parts into your vehicle that make you burn more gas and pollute more… as an anti-environmentalist statement. These people are essentially installing smoke stacks in their cars for the sole purpose of […]
According to a report published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, an unexpected effect of climate change might have Puerto Rico’s coqui frogs croaking at a different pitch than they did decades ago. In 1983 and 1984, Peter Narins and a group of other researchers discovered that the higher the frogs lived in […]
