Community Spirit and the Rising Tides

2018: ‘… unite and solve problems together’ The Advocate By Jay Williams, Jr. Those magazine accolades aside, Charleston is struggling. Charleston is beautiful. It’s historic. The locals are friendly, the restaurants are amazing and the ambiance is charming. Yet for...

Flooding Roundup from Historic Charleston Foundation

Keeping History Above Water Posted: January 12, 2018 By Winslow Hastie The 2nd Annual “Keeping History Above Water” conference was held in late October in Annapolis, MD. Hosted by the Newport Restoration Foundation, it is the only conference in the United States that...

Fresh water ecology affected by ocean climate change

Climate Change Is Altering Lakes and Streams, Study Suggests Carl Zimmer Photo The Sorpe reservoir in northwest Germany, one of four freshwater reservoirs observed in a recent study that found that carbon dioxide absorbed in lakes, rivers and streams can affect entire...

FEMA Maps May Deceive

N.Y. / Region Share Cover Photo The Edgewater Park community in the Bronx has had among the most flood insurance claims in New York City in recent years. Credit Karsten Moran for The New York Times In New York, Drawing FloodMaps Is a ‘Game of Inches’ As FEMA revises...

Antarctic Snows May Buffer Ice Sheet

Huge snowfall increases over Antarctica could counter sea level rise, scientists say By Chris Mooney January 3 at 3:48 PM 2013-2014 MODIS Mosaic of Antarctica. Courtesy of National Snow and Ice Data Center and NASA. Scientists have found large increases in snow...

Floating Houses, an Answer to Climate Change

Elements A Floating House to Resist the Floods of Climate Change By Emily Anthes January 3, 2018 As major storms become more common, could amphibious architecture keep at-risk neighborhoods intact? Illustration by Seb Agresti Last June, not long after a catastrophic...