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Article: How to keep New York afloat; With sea levels rising, once-a-century floods may become once-in-20-years events. One solution: huge storm-surge barriers.(FEATURES)(CURRENTS)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- November 9, 2006
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Byline: Moises Velasquez-Manoff Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor
NEW YORK -- Like many New Yorkers, Radley Horton often frets about tomorrow's weather. Unlike many, it's his job. A scientist at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) and coauthor of a forthcoming study on the effects of climate change in New York City, he is particularly concerned about an often-overlooked aspect of global warming: bigger, stronger storms.
"It's not a linear relationship," he says on a subway ride to Manhattan's South Ferry station, which would be mostly underwater in a Category 2 hurricane. "A little bit warmer sea surface equals the potential for ...