Check out these recent publications from members of our Research Council:
Merry Camhi
WCS Climate Adaptation Fund Announces Request for Proposals for Nature-Based Climate Adaptation Projects
The Climate Adaptation Fund and (WCS) is soliciting proposals from nonprofit conservation organizations to help wildlife adapt to the rapidly-shifting environmental conditions brought about by climate change.
Phillip Orton
New York City Panel on Climate Change 2019 Report Chapter 4: Coastal Flooding
Learn more about flood mapping, and understand how this report uses the static approach to project water levels onto inland flood zones.
Chester Zarnoch
Marsh Plants Enhance Coastal Marsh Resilience by Changing Sediment Oxygen and Sulfide Concentrations in an Urban, Eutrophic Estuary
Data supports the growing body of evidence that belowground plant growth enhances the resilience of marshes to sea-level rise by facilitating oxygen diffusion into marsh sediments.
William Solecki
Discourses on Hurricane Sandy and policy change in Boston and New York City
- Proximity to extreme weather event plays role in type of policy response.
- Little connection between city media engagement and its influence on policy response.
- Boston and New York City overlapped in communicating current and projected climate risk.
- Boston displayed proactive climate policy responses while New York City pursued reactive climate policies.
Victoria Ramenzoni
Adaptive capacity and social-ecological resilience of coastal areas: A systematic review
- 192 papers were reviewed, from research in marine and coastal protected and non-protected areas.
- The review distinguishes between Social-Ecological Resilience and Adaptive capacity to climate change and risks.
- Countries with high vulnerability to climate change are underrepresented in the literature.
- There is a predominance of studies on policy formulation with respect to measurement.
Lindsay Campbell
STEW-MAP NYC
STEW-MAP databases and interactive maps allow land managers, community organizations, non-profits, and the public to see where hundreds of environmental stewardship groups are working in a particular landscape of interest. This community organizing tool can be applied to strengthen capacity, promote engagement with on-the-ground projects, and build more effective partnerships among stakeholders.
