Environmental Issues: Global Warming
Hurricane Sandy: The Growing Threat of Climate Change
When Superstorm Sandy slammed into the northeast at the end of October, the world’s attention and sympathies focused on the victims of this historic disaster. But Sandy also is a wake-up call to the growing threat of climate change. Scientists warn that increasing levels of carbon pollution in the atmosphere are contributing to a warming world and rising seas that could lead to more destructive storms like Sandy in the future.
NRDC Blogs
- New Carbon Pollution Level Confirms We Have Entered the Era of Extreme Weather
- posted by Frances Beinecke, 5/20/13
- Scientists recently reported that the level of carbon in the atmosphere has passed 400 parts per million. ...
- New York City's ambitious climate change plan shows we must do more now to stop carbon pollution
- posted by Peter Lehner, 6/11/13
- In announcing his plans for New York City to battle the inevitable effects of climate change, Mayor ...
- Global Green and Ikea Are Bringing Emergency Solar to Sandy-Struck Neighborhoods. Let's Hope Energy Planners Follow Their Lead.
- posted by Kit Kennedy, 6/14/13
- After Hurricane Sandy hit last fall, the Midtown Community School and emergency evacuation center in ...
- Preliminary Reflections on Mayor Bloomberg's Post-Sandy Climate Resiliency Plan for NYC
- posted by Eric Goldstein, 6/13/13
- As NRDC Executive Director Peter Lehner said Tuesday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s newly released ...
- Lessons Learned in the Wake of Sandy: Saving Transit Means Taking the High Ground--Literally
- posted by Theo Spencer, 5/14/13
- As the six month anniversary of Hurricane Sandy rolls by, the passage of time is giving us a clearer ...
- Cities and States Are Staying Afloat by Preparing for Rising Seas
- posted by Ben Chou, 5/2/13
- This post is part of a blog series for Getting Climate Smart, a joint effort by NRDC and American Rivers ...
- Studying Severe Weather Impacts on U.S. Nuclear Plants
- posted by Corinne Hanson, 3/25/13
- We live in a world where the combination of increasingly common extreme weather events and aging nuclear ...
- Creating A Low-Carbon Empire State: A thought-provoking new report, and NRDC's own recommendations, point the way
- posted by Kit Kennedy, 3/13/13
- In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, New Yorkers have risen to the challenge of rebuilding damaged homes, ...
New York Times: Treat the Causes as Well as the Symptoms
posted by Ben Chou, 11/1/12
The widespread devastation wreaked by Hurricane Sandy is only the latest warning that we must prepare and plan for more extreme weather events....
OnEarth
- Chipotle's GMO Menu, Did You Say Fracking Is Your Major?, an Idiot and a River of Lava Meet
- posted by The Editors, 6/19/13
- Our top picks: the best environmental news and #greenreads from around the web.
- Billions of Gallons of Raw Sewage Were Unleashed by Superstorm Sandy
- posted by The Editors, 5/1/13
- Our top picks: today's best environmental news and #greenreads from around the web.
- A Treehouse Grows In Brooklyn
- posted by Matthew Power, 4/4/13
- Looking at the damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy and seeing an opportunity for art.
- Seven Surprising Ways U.S. Cities are Adapting to Monster Storms
- posted by Martin LaMonica, 3/26/13
- Disasters like Hurricane Sandy are forcing urban planners and architects to ask a new question as they ...
- How to Catch a Poacher, Corals Get Their Freak On, Can Fracking Be Pretty?
- posted by The Editors, 2/27/13
- Our top picks: the best environmental news and #greenreads from around the web.
Videos
NRDC video: This is What Global Warming Looks Like
- NRDC video: This is What Global Warming Looks Like
- UCAR video: Steroids, Baseball and Climate Change
- IPCC video: In Harm’s Way (UN Managing Extreme Weather Events report)
NRDC Reports
- Extreme Weather: Impacts of Climate Change
- Extreme Weather: Record-Breaking Events in 2011
- NRDC Climate Change Threatens Health
- Thirsty for Answers: Preparing for the Water-related Impacts of Climate Change in American Cities
- Preparing for the Water-related Impacts of Climate Change in American Cities
Reports on how to fight climate change
- NRDC Renewable Energy for America
- A Historic Step in the Right Direction for Clean Air EPA's Standards for Carbon Pollution Will Help Protect Public Health
Govt. Updates re: Sandy
- New York mayor’s office
- New Jersey Office of Emergency Management updates Hurricane Sandy
- FEMA Hurricane Sandy recovery page
News stories and blogs
- New York Review of Books
A Grim Warning from Science | Bill McKibben - Business Week
It's Global Warming, Stupid
By Paul M. Barrett | November 01, 2012 - Scientific American
Did Climate Change Cause Hurricane Sandy?
By Mark Fischetti | October 30, 2012 - Jeff Masters Wonderblog
Arctic sea ice loss can cause blocking ridges - TED talk video
Vicki Arroyo | Let's prepare for our new climate - Climate Central on sea level rise and storm surge
- NBC News
Dramatic weather patterns the 'new normal'
Robert Bazell - New York Times
Treat the Causes as Well as the Symptoms
Ben Chou | NRDC - Discovery News
Rising Sea Level Puts East Coast At Risk
Scientific reports on climate and extreme weather
- Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX)
IPPC - State of the Climate Global Analysis, September 2012
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | National Climatic Data Center - State of the Climate in 2011
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | National Climatic Data Center
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Switchboard Blogs
- Creating Resilient Cities to Tackle Climate Change
- posted by Radhika Khosla, 7/2/13
- President Obama's Giant Step to Give Our Kids a Healthier, Low-Carbon Future
- posted by Kim Knowlton, 7/1/13
- 1 and 1 Make 11: U.S.-India Partnership Key to Facing Global Climate Challenges
- posted by Anjali Jaiswal, 6/27/13
