The researchers hope that creating more accurate maps—especially those that are customized according to local conditions down to the county level—will help coastal municipalities prepare to face the effects of climate change head on.
A 100-year flood is supposed to be just that: a flood that occurs once every 100 years, or a flood that has a one-percent chance of happening every year.
But Princeton researchers have developed new maps that predict coastal flooding for every county on the Eastern and Gulf Coasts and find 100-year floods could become annual occurrences in New England; and happen every one to 30 years along the southeast Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico shorelines.
“The historical 100-year floods may change to one-year floods in Northern coastal towns in the U.S.,” said Ning Lin, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Princeton University.
In a new paper published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers combined storm surge, sea level rise, and the predicted increased occurrence and strength in tropical storms and hurricanes to create a map of flood hazard possibility along the U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico. Coastlines at northern latitudes, like those in New England, will face higher flood levels primarily because of sea level rise. Those in more southern latitudes, especially along the Gulf of Mexico, will face higher flood levels because of both sea level rise and increasing storms into the late 21st century.
Renderings for TERA-1 in Upstate, New York
This fall, @aispacefactory is building this futuristic design on a tree-filled site along the Hudson River
This future earth habitat came out of a competition to design a 3D-printed mission outpost for NASA – “it turns out the material we developed is stronger than concrete, but whereas concrete is pretty awful for our planet, ours is renewable and can be recycled or eventually composted”
The shell material, a mix of basalt fiber and PLA (which is processed from corn) is renewable, recyclable and compostable. Their goal is to create a net-zero energy, net-zero waste building that will become a model for future construction
TERA is available for overnights stays in Spring 2020. It will remain at the site for one year, then be recycled and reprinted in a new location. Reservations available via: @aispacefactory
Official data shows that almost 53% of electricity last year came from renewable and low-carbon energy sources, and it's rising as fossil fuels decrease.
Redirecting small portion of subsidies would unleash clean energy revolution, says report
Coal, oil and gas get more than $370bn (£305bn) a year in support, compared with $100bn for renewables, the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) report found. Just 10-30% of the fossil fuel subsidies would pay for a global transition to clean energy, the IISD said.
This isn’t just one opinion piece. Major outlets are reporting on this too. Children were trafficked “mistakenly” by the US government two years ago. Enough children to fill a high school have been disappeared the ones that they can still track down have been given to strangers who were not background checked.
ONCE AGAIN, THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO STRANGERS WHO ARE NOT BACKGROUND CHECKED.
Fuck voting. That’s months away. Get together and go to a protest. There are lots happening. If you’re in the US, there are protests happening near you. If you’re in the UK, protests are coming. If you’re elsewhere in the world, organise a protest or write to your political leaders and ask them to condemn Trump and his government and speak in support of his impeachment.
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