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Flood City Fights Climate Change with Infrastructure and Social Media

Unsustainable

With a projected global sea-level rise of 7-15 inches by 2065, according to the Southeast Florida Climate Compact 2015 projections, Miami communities stand to undergo drastic changes in development to combat the effects. September 2019 marked the first addition of a “bioswale” to the city’s roads.

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As climate change threatens cultural treasures, museums get creative to conserve both energy and artifacts

Grist

She became the museum’s chief sustainability officer in 2015, as a Detroit Revitalization Fellow through Wayne State University. “And a quarter are in zones that are highly vulnerable to sea level rise and severe storms,” she added. “Over a third of museums in the U.S.

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Rising groundwater levels are threatening clean air and water across the country

Grist

Cracks in aging and poorly maintained pipes are being inundated , leaving plumbing unable to carry away stormwater and waste. West Oakland, California Grist / Getty Images Oceans do not stop where the sea meets the shore. Many Americans are familiar with sea-level rise. Pavement is degrading faster.