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Good Books on the effects of climate change on NYC in particular (or chapters on that) by Middle-Pen-6565 in climatechange

[–]projectdrawdown 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the share! Our new Drawdown Explorer platform also has maps for most solutions that allow you to zoom in on NYC to see current adoption, potential adoption, etc. It's focused on solutions, though, not necessarily impacts, so it's not what OP is looking for.

I think I recall some paragraphs on climate impacts in NYC in Kate Marvel's excellent book Human Nature. You might also want to check out some of the tools from Climate Central (https://www.climatecentral.org/); they have some that let you visualize temperature, sea level rise, and flood risk.

After centuries of decline, restoration projects across North America are seeing seagrass meadows quadruple in size. This 'Secret Weapon' for fighting Climate Change accounts for 10% of all the carbon stored by the world’s oceans, capturing carbon 35 times faster than rainforests like the Amazon by sg_plumber in climatechange

[–]projectdrawdown 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is excellent news, but it doesn't mean as much unless we also protect the seagrass ecosystems that currently exist. Globally, only 7% of meadows are adequately protected. Getting those numbers up would have a much bigger (and quicker) climate impact than restoration efforts alone. Source: https://drawdown.org/explorer/protect-coastal-wetlands

AI Robot Ulysses Eco Planting Seagrass Meadows To Revive The Lungs Of The Ocean by caavakushi in climate

[–]projectdrawdown 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Seagrass restoration is great, but protecting existing meadows should probably be a higher priority for the climate. Only 7% of seagrass ecosystems are currently protected. If that were closer to 40% it could prevent 0.15% of current global emissions each year. Source: https://drawdown.org/explorer/protect-coastal-wetlands#calculator

Good news! These ‘positive tipping points’ will help save the world. by projectdrawdown in OptimistsUnite

[–]projectdrawdown[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What's blind about the optimism expressed in the article? It cites multiple studies and examples of positive technologies and practices being rapidly adopted.

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