Check out this cool site sponsored by NASA that compiles all of the surface temperature data from around the world, dating as far back as 1880 in some places. Pretty cool stuff. And no, it isn’t your imagination, it is getting much hotter in Miami.
Posts under ‘Climate Change’
Lunar Flooding on Miami Beach is Loony
From NOAA:
…MINOR COASTAL FLOODING EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF
THE ATLANTIC AND GULF COAST NEAR TIMES OF HIGH TIDE OVER THE NEXT
FEW DAYS…
TIDES ALONG BOTH THE ATLANTIC AND GULF COAST HAVE BEEN RUNNING
BETWEEN A HALF A FOOT TO A FOOT ABOVE NORMAL. THIS IS DUE TO AN
APPROACHING NEW MOON…AND THE LUNAR PERIGEE…OR WHEN THE MOON
MOVES [...]
If You Had Any Lingering Doubts About Climate Change
Thanks to my friend Justin Falango for sending these shots of high tide on Miami Beach taken this morning. Keep in mind, it hasn’t rained in more than 24 hours.
Alton Road: Yep, that’s salt water. It’s coming up from the storm drains.
31 street & Indian Creek Drive
31 street & Indian Creek Drive (same intersection as [...]
A Glimpse into Our Future…
This is the future map of Dade County with a 4′ rise in sea level. It could happen in 30 years, it could happen in 80 years, but make no mistake, it is coming. Pretty sobering. It’s time to start shoring up our waterfront edges (bayside and riverside) and abandon those areas that simply cannot [...]
Climate Change and New York
Miami-Dade County: where is your climate change adaptation plan?? Seems that New York City is aggressively pursuing a plan to protect its infrastructure from the threat of rising seas.
World-wide, cities in 40 countries depend on dikes or seawalls. The seaside of the Netherlands is protected by storm surge barriers big enough to be seen from [...]
Smart Growth and Climate Change
A new report from the National Research Council shows that compact development, if done correctly, can result in reductions of VMT’s of up to 25% – over the next 40 years.
Requested by Congress and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Special Report 298: Driving and the Built Environment: The Effects of Compact Development on [...]
Report: Widening Highways Increases Greenhouse Gas Emissions
There are several reasons why widening highways is usually a futile strategy to combat traffic congestion. For one, highway widening projects are costly and time consuming. It has also been well documented that adding new capacity to highways creates induced demand, which essentially means it will generate more traffic on the road. Consequently, over time [...]
How an Atlanta Family Slashed its Carbon Footprint and Gained a Life
The following article below is a reprint from NPR.org on April 1, 2008:
Atlanta Family Slashes Carbon Footprint
Atlanta resident Malaika Taylor used to live the typical suburban life — the kind that helps make America the world’s top contributor to climate change. But four years ago, fed up with commuting, Taylor and her 11-year old daughter, [...]
More Bad News…
The Herald is reporting that the county commission overturned Mayor Alvarez’s veto in favor of moving the Urban Development Boundary for a Lowe’s at 8th St and 137th Ave and a retail center at Kendall Drive and (gulp), 167th Avenue (i.e. the Everglades). More sprawl, more self-interests, more incompetence. We’ll have lots more on this [...]
A Dubious Distinction
Miami may be one of “America’s cleanest cities,” but it certainly is not one of the most bicycle-friendly. This fact was recently recognized in the June 2008 issue of Bicycle Magazine, which bestowed Miami with the dubious distinction of joining Dallas and Memphis as one of the three worst cities in America for bicycling. [...]
Monday News
Free Miami Beach WiFi to Launch by Spring…sort of (Miami Sunpost)
Miami DDA Director Nottingham Under Fire (Miami Today News)
Miami Beach Planning Commission Makes Big Changes (Miami Sunpost)
Tv Interviewers Not Pressing Candidates on Climate Change (Salon.com)
St. Pete Experimenting with Painted Bike Lanes (CBS10 Tampa Bay)
Bush Administration Sticks it to Transit (National Corridors Initiative)
Downtown Parks Anchor Great [...]
Election 2008: Who is the Smart Growth Candidate?
With election season now in full swing, the time has come to decide which candidate we think will best lead us for the next four years. Here on Transit Miami, we’ll be taking a close look at the presidential hopefuls to determine which candidate is the strongest on smart growth and livable cities issues.
Without further [...]
Thursday News
Streetsblog: London street closings a resounding success
Huffington Post: Fighting fat and climate change
George Monbiot: The western appetite for biofuels is causing starvation in the poor world
Miami Herald: Push for Miami port tunnel funding begins
Miami Today News: Soccer may join Marlins on Orange Bowl land
Report: Bush Administration Has Been Manipulating Climate Change Science
It shouldn’t surprise anyone who’s been following U.S. politics on climate change, but a new report has been released by the House Oversight Committee revealing the White House’s effort to stifle climate change science.
According to the report, the Bush Administration censored 150 federal climate scientists from eight federal agencies and “exerted unusual control over [...]
Tufts Report: Miami could be Hottest Major City on Earth by 2100
A recent report conducted by Tufts University paints a very grim picture of Florida’s future if we don’t take swift action to fight climate change. According to the report, South Florida will be particularly vulnerable to warming effects.
Throughout the report, the researchers discuss two scenarios; the first, known as “rapid stabilization”, is the most optimistic [...]
