How vulnerable to flooding is New York City?
| How vulnerable to flooding is New York City? A report just released in the most recent issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society offers hope that a new high-resolution storm surge modeling system developed by scientists at Stony Brook University will better be able to predict flood levels and when flooding will occur in the New York metropolitan area. |
| Tiny particles could soon be fueling ‘clean tech’ industry. Environmentalists and nanotechnology haven’t always been soulmates. |
| Solar Speedboat Gets 30 Knots Here’s another flashy concept that uses solar energy for transportation: the solar speedboat! Unlike the solar sailor we talked about earlier, the Dutch MK1 prototype is designed to travel at speeds up to 30 knots! In 2006 the Delft Technical University Solarboat Team raced the speedboat to first place in the Nuon Frisian Solar [.] |
| Art Directors Club Recognizes Greenprint Denver On September 14, the Greenprint Denver Web site received a 2007 Interactive Merit Award from the Art Director’s Club of Denver, a local nonprofit focused on strengthening the creative community through education, workshops, events, and an annual design competition.Each year, nationally-recognized designers and artists are invited to select their favorites from hundreds of entries for [.] |
| US Court Slaps Down Pollution Law A US appeals court struck down landmark air-pollution regulations on Friday, shocking both environmental and industry groups with a decision that could severely hamper efforts to curb smog and acid rain. |
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