The effects of climate change in New Jersey are already here. They’re everywhere.
SCOTT FALLON and ANDREW FORD / NORTHJERSEY.COM - Disease-carrying mosquitoes and ticks are an increased threat in New Jersey [go to article]
Why New Jersey streets are not ready for the escalating flash floods driven by...
ALEXIS SHANES and SCOTT FALLON / NORTHJERSEY.COM - Many cellphones in North Jersey squawked alerts repeatedly this summer about potential flash floods [go to article]
Climate change could cost the U.S. up to 10.5 percent of its GDP by...
ANDREW FREEDMAN / WASHINGTON POST - Extreme weather events, cuts to worker productivity and other effects of climate change could cause major global economic [go to article]
Fighting climate change will help economic growth, study finds
CATHERINE BOSLEY / BLOOMBERG - Slowing the pace of climate change in line with the Paris Agreement has clear economic benefits as global warming [go to article]
Due to climate change, New Jersey is one of nation’s top hot spots
WNYC - Among climate change experts, 2 degrees Celsius is a key indicator. A United Nations panel on climate change warns if the earth warms [go to audio/video]
2°C: Beyond the limit
STEVEN MUFSON, CHRIS MOONEY, JULIET EILPERIN, and JOHN MUYSKENS / WASHINGTON POST - Before climate change thawed the winters of New Jersey, this lake hosted boisterous wintertime carnivals. As many as 15,000 skaters [go to article]
Estimate revised up of new Shore homes imperiled by sea-level rise, storm surge
JON HURDLE / NJ SPOTLIGHT - Climate scientists and real-estate experts have revised up their estimate for the number of recently built homes [go to article]
The hottest months in NJ since records began
COLLEEN O'DEA / NJ SPOTLIGHT - Complaints about this summer’s heat and humidity have been justified: Last month was the fifth hottest July [go to article]
Who will pay for the huge costs of holding back rising seas?
JIM MORRISON / YALE ENVIRONMENT 360 - For cities in the United States, the price of infrastructure projects to combat rising seas and intensifying storms [go to article]
Climate change threatens the world’s food supply, United Nations warns
CHRISTOPHER FLAVELLE / NY TIMES - The world’s land and water resources are being exploited at “unprecedented rates,” a new United Nations report warns [go to article]
