Throw out your flood-damaged possessions. And your climate models.
Throw the climate modeling out the window with your flood-damaged worldly possessions. It’s time to figure out how to adapt.
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Farewell, Arecibo: The Need For Climate-Resilient Infrastructure
The collapse of the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico highlights the gradual attrition of American leadership in science, and the failure of an entire generation of political leadership– in both parties- to address the increasingly grave threats of climate change.
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Climate Change Is Here, And Boy Is It Ever Expensive!
If we fail to push for market transformation oriented toward climate adaptation solutions, the market will do it on its own. Like, in a really bad way. This has the unintended consequence, however, of incentivizing better decisions about development and planning.
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Land Hurricanes, Resilient Design, And Other Stuff To Think About
Extreme weather, like the recent derecho storm that ripped through Iowa, is exposing the fragility of the built environment. Fortunately, in thinking about how to protect ourselves, we have the ability to combine human technological ingenuity with the systems nature already built.
Read MoreA Literal Train Wreck Makes A Case For Resilient Infrastructure
A train derailment yesterday morning in Southwest Detroit knocked down a power line, leaving about a thousand residential and commercial
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What’s More Expensive Than Spending On Climate Change? Not Spending On It.
One morning last fall, I found myself standing in the basement of my 1895 home, watching a waterfall cascade off
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