‘Geography of risk’ calculates who pays when a storm comes to shore
FRESH AIR / NPR - Journalist Gilbert Gaul says Americans have chosen to build $3 trillion worth of property in some of the riskiest places on earth – the barrier islands [listen to audio]
N.J. beaches hit hard by storm
TRISH HARTMAN / ABC 6 - Several Jersey shore towns are trying to figure out how they'll replenish their beaches after a storm moved up the coast last week [go to article]
Pipelines and the Pinelands
COREY ROTHAUSER / THE WHIT ONLINE - In the immensely urbanized State of New Jersey, there are few intact ecosystems left [go to article]
As sea levels rise, so do ghost forests
MOISES VELASQUEZ-MANOFF / NY TIMES - Up and down the mid-Atlantic coast, sea levels are rising rapidly, creating stands of dead trees — often bleached [go to article]
For Jersey Shore homeowners, hurricane and flood threats are worth the risk
ELLIE RUSHING / PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER - When Hurricane Sandy’s floodwaters ravaged the first floor of Frank Cattie’s Ocean City, N.J., home, he assessed [go to article]
The cost of rising seas in N.J.
RADIO TIMES / WHYY - Coastal communities are facing rising seas and stronger storms caused by climate change. New Jersey is seeing some of the fastest sea level [go to article]
3 Jersey Shore towns getting $32.5M for beach replenishment
NJ.COM - Three southern Jersey Shore beaches will be widened under a new contract announced by the federal government [go to article]
Sea level rise in NJ: The nightmare scenario
RUSS ZIMMER / ASBURY PARK PRESS - By 2100, rising sea levels could envelop Keansburg Amusement Park, Asbury Park Convention Hall, downtown Brick [go to article]
Poachers and habitat loss are endangering these N.J. snakes. This professor works to keep...
AVALON ZOPPO / NJ.COM - Deep in the Pine Barrens, poachers can wander for hours at a time. Their eyes scan the forest floor for dull orange [go to article]
Could massive storm surge barriers end the Hudson River’s revival?
ELIZABETH ROYTE / YALE ENVIRONMENT 360 - On a sunny afternoon, John Lipscomb steered the 22-foot vessel Ian Fletcher past the rip-rapped, industrialized shoreline [go to article]
