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Adapting To A More Extreme Climate, Coastal Cities Get Creative
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Fri, 2016-04-15 18:59 — Maeryn Obley
Image: Jeff Hebert, who is leading New Orleans' efforts to adapt to rising sea levels, stands at the site of the future Mirabeau Water Garden, a federally funded project designed to absorb water in residential Gentilly. Tegan Wendland/WWNO
npr.org - April 13th 2016 - Tegan Wendland and Susan Phillips
Coastal cities across the globe are looking for ways to protect themselves from sea level rise and extreme weather. In the U.S., there is no set funding stream to help — leaving each city to figure out solutions for itself.
New Orleans and Philadelphia are two cities that face very similar challenges of flooding from rising tides.
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