Summary: After a series of extreme weather events, the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, looked for ways to prepare for future storms. Their planning process had just started when they got hit again...

Summary: Spatial analysts use this downloadable tool to convert topographic and/or bathymetric data to a common reference system, enabling them to fuse diverse geospatial datasets into single projects.

Summary: To better prepare for current and future sea level rise, four counties in South Florida joined forces to agree upon consistent sea level rise mapping methods.

Summary: More frequent, severe, and longer heat waves will increase people’s vulnerability to heat-related health impacts, especially among the elderly, the poor, and those suffering from chronic illness.

Summary: Reduced air quality—from increased ozone and particulates, smoke from more frequent wildfires, and increased pollen levels—is associated with many health issues, including more frequent hospital admissions and emergency department visits for asthma.

Summary: Increased storm activity—including more severe and frequent flooding and higher, more far-reaching storm surge—will result in increased physical and mental health hazards.

Summary: Coastal erosion has repeatedly damaged bike paths and parking lots near Ventura, California. It took local groups with varying viewpoints more than a decade to agree upon a strategy, but the first phase of their solution is now complete.

NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) and co-located World Data Center for Geophysics and the International Tsunami Information Center, a UNESCO/IOC-NOAA partnership, have collaborated to pro ...

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Significant flooding in New Orleans resulted from heavy rains associated with Hurricane Katrina and the failure of the city's flood protection systems. Source : . Wikipedia Commons. New ...