Tag: <span>Miami</span>

Does Resilience Include Retreat? Semantics of Climate Change for Coastal Communities

You’ve probably heard that climate change causes the oceans to rise. And maybe you’ve heard the follow-up statistic, which is that shorelines are rising 1 inch every 7-8 years. To most people this doesn’t seem like much, but this seemingly small figure translates to thousands of miles of coastlines being …

From sea to rising sea: Jeff Goodell talks sea level rise with the National Climate Seminar

Journalist and author Jeff Goodell opened his discussion with the National Climate Seminar (hear his complete talk here) by apologizing for the call quality. As he explained, the WiFi signal isn’t reliable in Viequis, a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico, where he is reporting on the region’s slow recovery from …

The Lost City of Miami

The Lost City of Miami By: Terence Duvall, MS ’15, and Molly Gilligan, MS ’15 We are currently experiencing a slow-motion catastrophe.  The die is cast. We have emitted enough carbon into the atmosphere to guarantee climate change and rising sea levels. Some of our most precious real estate, our commercial …