“Increased awareness of flood risk and rising future insurance costs impact perceptions of value, which will impact real estate markets,” said Matthew Eby, founder and executive director of First Street Foundation. First Street Foundation published a report that concludes: “Rising sea levels and extreme weather could cause $20 billion of flood damage to at-risk U.S. […]
Category Archives: Global Warming
Increasing Cost of Flood Insurance
The Cumulative Costs of Climate Change
“The crisis carries a profound warning. As climate change brings more frequent and intense storms, floods, heat waves, wildfires and other extreme events, it is placing growing stress on the foundations of the country’s economy: Its network of roads and railways, drinking-water systems, power plants, electrical grids, industrial waste sites and even homes. Failures in […]
Flood Factor: Estimate Flood Insurance Risk by Address
Flood Factor allows you to enter a property address to determine the future risk of severe flooding. Access data calculated by a team of more than 80 world-renowned experts using decades of peer-reviewed research. Over 142 million properties, neighborhoods, and cities analyzed View any home’s Flood Factor and understand what can be done to protect […]
Daniel Brouse: About the Author
Q: Any background on membrane .com? A: In 1994, I started a publishing company with another scientist (low temperature physicist and co-builder of the Ohio States supercomputer). The name of the publishing company is The Philadelphia Spirit Experiment. As the name suggests, it is a scientific experiment in the publishing of arts and science. At […]
Droughts and Rising Sea Levels
“There has been a 500% increase in the US drought area,” said Al Roker of the Today show while reporting on 2020 being tied for the hottest year. The Washington Post reports, “Drought is the sleeper weather story you’ll hear more about in 2021.” [1} “The impact of desertification is intensifying due to climate change, […]
You Can Not Fight the Rising Tide
aA “Built atop spongy marsh and old tidal creeks filled with sawdust” A report by Yale School of the Environment found cities are going to lose the costly battle to hold back the sea. “It’s a nightmare,” says Ana Zimmerman, who moved her family to higher ground after her James Island home flooded twice. “wall-off […]
Sea Level Rise and Real Estate
In the research paper, Sea level rise and coastal flooding threaten affordable housing, the authors explain how vast sections of real estate will become uninhabitable in the near future. About Flood Insurance Do I Need Flood Insurance? Flood Risks Across the USA Seriously Underestimated Climate Change: Suspension Of Belief Climate Denial and Climate Change Change […]
Residential Real Estate Flood Risk Information
Do you know if you need flood insurance? Do you know if you have flood insurance? What happens when your house gets flooded? Flood risk information has not been readily available to the average consumer. Climate change is making your flood risk drastically increase. Now, one of the major real estate databases (Realtor.com) is making […]
Greenland Ice Sheet: largest single contributor to rising sea levels.
Dynamic ice loss from the Greenland Ice Sheetdriven by sustained glacier retreat by Michalea D. King, Ian M. Howat, Salvatore G. Candela, Myoung J. Noh, Seonsgu Jeong, Brice P. Y. Noël, Michiel R. van den Broeke3, Bert Wouters, Adelaide Negrete Greenland-Ice-Sheet.pdf The Greenland Ice Sheet is losing mass at accelerated rates in the 21st century, […]
Methane Emissions Soar to Record High
Methane is one of the most dangerous greenhouse gases… and, is part of an exponential negative feedback loop: Methane in the atmosphere causes the climate to warm A warmer climate causes permafrost to melt… Releasing more methane and CO2… Making the climate warmer… Melting more permafrost… Releasing more methane and CO2… Melting, more permafrost, etc., […]