Scientists used historical tidal data to predict that future storms in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook will produce surging waves reaching at least 11 feet.

The area’s yet-to-be-built flood protection system is only 10 feet.
https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-city-brooklyn-flood-storm-protection?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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Trump’s anti-green agenda could lead to 1.3 million more temperature-related deaths.

Most of the people expected to suffer live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-climate-rollbacks-heat-deaths?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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