In Sandy’s Wake – my article in The Explorers Journal
The Explorers Journal, the prestigious quarterly publication of The Explorers Club has published a new article of mine, In Sandy’s Wake, in the Winter 2013 issue.It is available here as a free download, with their kind permission.
It describes the genesis of Sandy, which by remarkable coincidence occurred on the same day my book was published, October 22nd. It then summarizes the scientific case made in High Tide On Main Street: Rising Sea Level and the Coming Coastal Crisis. The principal point is that sea level needs to be looked at in the long time scale, which makes clear that we have entered a new era of rising sea level, quite different than the recent six thousand years of stable sea level and shoreline. Now the coastline has begun an inexorable shift inland that will last for centuries. The sooner we recognize that and begin to adapt, the better.