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New York Times: Just ahead of the two-year anniversary of the calamitous flooding of New York City by the surge from Hurricane Sandy, Alan Feuer has written a fine piece summarizing how this maritime metropolis, facing decades, if not centuries, of inevitable sea-level rise, is slowly evolving a softer relationship with the sea. Here’s the nut: In the storm’s aftermath, there were calls for a single big fix, like sea gates that would close off New York Harbor to swells of rising water. But the solutions being......
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Two Years After Sandy’s Surge, New York City Shifts Toward a Softer Relationship with the Sea
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 26th, 2014
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