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Unemployment line

Section: Climate Resilience Toolkit

Published: August 25, 2016

When climate- and weather-related events ruin crops, a range of workers can lose their jobs. As they spend less, they can trigger a local economic downturn. Source : . Wikimedia Commons. ...

High school graduates

Section: Climate Resilience Toolkit

Published: August 25, 2016

A region's high school graduation rate provides one measure of its workforce preparedness. Source : . Wikimedia Commons. Graduates of Brunswick High in 2007. Image credit: Chris Moncus, ...

Going out for ice cream: a first date with the Pacific Decadal Oscillation

Section: News & Features

Published: August 25, 2016

Understanding the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) as multiple layers of ice cream. And how is it related to the El Niño-Southern Oscillation?

Industrial air conditioning unit

Section: Climate Resilience Toolkit

Published: August 24, 2016

Industrial air conditioning units require ample power. During extreme heat events, demand for energy goes up and can threaten to overwhelm generation capacity. Source : . Wikimedia Commo ...

Blackout in New York

Section: Climate Resilience Toolkit

Published: August 24, 2016

Hurricane Sandy knocked out power in New York City, causing a blackout below 34th street. Some areas lost power for more than three days. Source :. Flickr . Image credit: Michael Tapp. ...

Public Safety Communications Center

Section: Climate Resilience Toolkit

Published: August 24, 2016

Technological and human capacity at public safety communications centers can be overwhelmed during and after hazard events. Source : . Wikimedia Commons. Image credit: Dawid Skalec. CC B ...

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

Section: Climate Resilience Toolkit

Published: August 24, 2016

Built very close to sea level, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital was the first building on the Boston waterfront designed for resilience to projected sea level rise. Source : . Wikimedia ...

First Responders

Section: Climate Resilience Toolkit

Published: August 24, 2016

Local first responders use an airboat to transport people to safety following flooding during August 2007 in Oklahoma. Source : . Wikimedia Commons. Boy lifted from rescue boat by first ...

Road washout on WV Highway 60

Section: Climate Resilience Toolkit

Published: August 24, 2016

In June 2016, flooding from an extreme precipitation event in West Virginia washed out a portion of a highway and toppled a power line into a creek. Source : . NOAA Climate. ov . ...

Sand fence

Section: Climate Resilience Toolkit

Published: August 24, 2016

Some coastal communities build fences or plant and nurture beach grass to help preserve beach sand and restore dunes. Natural dune systems can provide some protection from flooding and storms. Image c ...