Hurricane Sandy’s Aftermath: Museums & Gardens Suffer
Hurricane Sandy’s rampage through New Jersey and New York left behind a trail of damage in some of the city’s most treasured cultural assets: Central Park, major botanic gardens, […]
RISING WATERS: Introduction to the Threat
This special multi-part posting reprises the Green News Update issue (originally published exactly one year ago) on the current threats putting people in innumerable cities, urban deltas, coastal lands and low-lying island […]
RISING WATERS: Trends & Predictions
• By 2070, almost all cities in the top 10 exposure to flooding risk category will be located in developing countries (particularly in China, India and Thailand). • As many […]
RISING WATERS: Cities & Places at Risk
A sampler of interactives, detailed graphics, photo stories and opinion pieces demonstrate and predict how rising waters – sea level rise, urban deltas, flooding and other factors – are a […]
RISING WATERS: Ideas & Solutions
Design, planning and engineering innovations from three continents Rotterdam, Thames and Venice Storm Surge Gates: Rotterdam’s Measlantkering in the Netherlands is the largest storm surge barrier in the world, designed to […]
RISING WATERS: Research & Reports
Add these dozen reports and research studies to your online library on rising waters, coastal erosion and climate change! 50 Cities in Climate Change Study: Columbia University’s Earth Institute and […]
CITIES: Rome, Warsaw, Chicago, Hamburg
CITIES is an ongoing series about urban design, green practices and cultural affairs in the world’s cities. EUROPE’S GREEN CAPITALS: Vitoria-Gasteiz in Spain’s Basque Country– an eight-century-old city with 240,000 […]
Elephant Slaughter Update Oct 25
National Public Radio’s John Burnett traveled to Tanzania to see firsthand how poachers are slaughtering elephants in record numbers, most likely for export to Southeast Asia where there is an […]
Monarchs on the Move
It’s that season. Monarch butterflies are leaving the upper reaches of their range in North America and heading south for over-wintering in high-altitude sanctuaries in Mexico’s Michoacan Mountains. Depending upon […]
CITIES: Paris, Amsterdam, Venice, Detroit
A new series looks at urban design, development and cultural life in the world’s cities. Come back often! PARIS: Mayor Bertrand Delanoe won’t be running for re-election (he’s been in […]
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