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. ...
- Americans Chose Leaders Who Will Confront Climate Change
- posted by Peter Lehner, 11/8/12
- This election was a resounding victory for climate action. Americans were presented with the clearest ...
- 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, ...
- Governor Cuomo's Forward-Looking Floodplain Buy-Out Program Deserves Support
- posted by Eric Goldstein, 2/6/13
- With federal disaster relief funds finally flowing into New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced ...
- Break Out of Groundhog Day, Cut Carbon Pollution and Heal the Climate
- posted by Rocky Kistner, 2/5/13
- When Punxsutawney Phil raised his furry groundhog nose into the cloudy, bone-chilling air and saw ...
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
- 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.
- Mushers vs. Mush, Weed vs. Woods, Owls vs. Owls
- posted by The Editors, 2/6/13
- 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
Industry Reports
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Switchboard Blogs
- GAO says we'll pay a high price for lack of climate preparedness
- posted by Aliya Haq, 5/16/13
- How Are California's Existing Water Management Issues Impacted by Climate Change?
- posted by Ben Chou, 5/15/13
- Lessons Learned in the Wake of Sandy: Saving Transit Means Taking the High Ground--Literally
- posted by Theo Spencer, 5/14/13
