Category Archives: riverine flooding

“Rising seas erode $15.8 billion in home value from Maine to Mississippi”

Posted on 2 March 2019 by

From the First Street Foundation‘s press release, with selected figures below. This is based upon the methods described in: S. A. McAlpine, J. R. Porter, “Estimating recent local impacts of Sea-Level Rise on current real-estate losses: A housing market case … Continue reading →

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A lagomorph has an idea which might save the world

Eli, who offers a clever and consistent consumption-based accounting scheme. Consumption-based Carbon accounting: Does it have a future? Consumption-based accounting of CO2 emissions

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Sidney, NY: The lead example of how the USA will deal with future coastal and riverine flooding?

Posted on 7 May 2018 by

From Bloomberg, the story of Sidney, NY, not that far from where I used to live in Endicott, NY. More than 400 homes and businesses ended up underwater in Sidney, affecting more than 2,000 people. It was months before Spry … Continue reading →

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