by admin | May 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
Photo by Anthony May. Grosvenor has published “Resilient Cities”, a report on resilience as a combination of vulnerability and adaptiveness.In general, says the report, “US cities do not score particularly well in our vulnerability rankings....
by admin | May 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
A busy time for the federal government! First, the 2014 National Climate Assessment has been released. This is the third NCA and it details how climate change has already been observed around the United States. The NCA includes chapters that focus on specific...
by admin | Apr 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
Flooded homes in Tuckerton, N.J., on Oct. 30 2012 after Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the southern New Jersey coastline on Oct. 29. (US Coast Guard via AFP/Getty Images) Robert Pirani and Laura Tolkoff, writing for the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, have...
by admin | Apr 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
The US Army Corps of Engineers has repaired the breach in the seawall at Taholah that occurred in March 2014. This is the second reinforcement this year since more riprap was added in January 2014. [via the Quinault Nugguam Newsletter]However, Fawn Sharp, president of...
by admin | Apr 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
Washington Sea Grant has published “PLANNING FOR CHANGE: CLIMATE ADAPTATION SURVEY RESULTS, WASHINGTON STATE, 2014.” This report details the results of a Sea Grant survey distributed statewide in Washington during August 2012. The survey assessed the role...
