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 […]
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You Can Not Fight the Rising Tide
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Far More Properties At Risk: Flood Insurance Exposure
The last link is a map that lets you find flood risk exposed properties by zipcode Far more properties at flood risk than estimated: ” far more U.S. homes — an estimated 14.6 million — face flooding conditions on par with those in FEMA’s 100-year floodplain. In contrast, FEMA’s maps classify 8.7 million homes as […]
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Climate Change and Mortgage Change
New York Times By Christopher Flavelle June 19, 2020 Rising Seas Threaten an American Institution: The 30-Year Mortgage Climate change is starting to transform the classic home loan, a fixture of the American experience and financial system that dates back generations. WASHINGTON — Up and down the coastline, rising seas and climate change are transforming […]
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Climate Change 2020
Our Infrastructure Is Being Built for a Climate That’s Already Gone Our drain pipes, reservoirs, power lines, roads, sewage systems, and more are all designed based on past climate data. But with the climate crisis comes the uncomfortable realization that the past can’t predict what we’ll need in the future. by Shayla Love Jun 2 […]
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Vulnerability in the Antarctic Ice Sheet
Scientists just discovered a massive new vulnerability in the Antarctic ice sheet Scientists have found a new point of major vulnerability in the Antarctic ice sheet, in a region that already appears to be changing as the climate warms and has the potential to raise sea levels by nearly five feet over the long term. […]
Coastal Real Estate and Rising Sea Level
Rapidly rising sea level and the future of our coasts A new report by Climate Central presents the potential impacts due to flooding from projected sea-level rise on coastal communities around the world. This is based on its new digital elevation model called Portfolio Analysis Tool (PAT). The results are useful for planning, but even […]
Sea-level Rise: Not Just for the Coasts Anymore
“Their results suggest that coastal regions will be far from the only ones affected by sea-level rise. A huge number of counties far from the coast—some deep in the US interior—will see dramatic changes in the number of people relocating there.” ARS Technica reports, As sea levels rise, little of the United States will be […]
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Need to Prepare for Millions of Climate Change Refugees
World needs to prepare for ‘millions’ of climate displaced: U.N. January 21, 2020 Reuters reported: DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – The world needs to prepare for millions of people being driven from their homes by the impact of climate change, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Speaking to Reuters at the World Economic Forum, Filippo […]
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