Sea Isle, NJ flooding from ‘Jonas’ January 23, 2016 ‘Jonas’ (also known as: the Blizzard of 2016, and “snowzilla”) was just one more unusual weather event that will go down in the ‘record books.’ What made this special was how the amount of moisture in ...
January 24th, 2016 Category: Sea Level Rise
“Rising Sea Levels Won’t Doom U.S. Cities” is a new article in the highly respected Harvard Business Review. It argues that economic incentive and creativity will make it possible for major cities to survive. I was compelled to jump on this with the third comment, ...
January 21st, 2016 Category: Sea Level Rise
A momentous announcement came out of Paris today, where 196 countries are wrapping up two weeks of negotiations about climate change. They have reached an Agreement. HOORAY! It is good news and there is much jubilation. To get unanimous concurrence about the wording is AMAZING. ...
December 12th, 2015 Category: Sea Level Rise
Sea level rise is now unstoppable for a VERY long time. That presents a huge problem, quite unprecedented in human civilization. On this day of Thanksgiving in the US, I started wondering if there was reason to be thankful despite the enormous problems that rising ...
November 26th, 2015 Category: Sea Level Rise
At a conference today in St. Petersburg Florida I have put forth a new concept: Shoreline Adaptation Land Trusts. “SALT” The 3-page paper was published by the Institute of Science for Global Policy and can be downloaded below, or from their web site www.scienceforglobalpolicy.org I ...
October 2nd, 2015 Category: Sea Level Rise
On August 9th the Miami Herald carried an OpEd “Nuclear Power is a Losing Proposition” written by leaders of the Sierra Club, Greenpeace USA, and Friends of the Earth, arguing that nuclear energy is too expensive and dangerous. They conclude it is time to divert ...
August 28th, 2015 Category: Sea Level Rise
Methane is in the news. It’s a big deal in terms of climate change, but mostly misunderstood. It’s important to set a couple of things straight. Natural gas is essentially methane. Scientifically it is CH4, a powerful greenhouse gas. Today it is in the news ...
August 18th, 2015 Category: Sea Level Rise
Most people involved with preseving our national landmarks and cultural history are very familiar with the National Trust for Historic Preservation. www.preservationnation.org the dominant organization for professionals and everyday supporters. I got a good orientation to this wonderful community when I was invited to give ...
August 6th, 2015 Category: Sea Level Rise
Today on "To the Point" originating from KCRW, Santa Monica host Warren Olney focused on storms, tides and sea level rise with his nationally syndicated program. "Rising Seas Are Threatening America's Cities" had four experts, including yours truly – John Englander. I was privileged to ...
August 4th, 2015 Category: Sea Level Rise