New York's Sea-Level Plan: Will It Play in Miami?

A surge of seawater floods New York City streets during Superstorm Sandy, October 2012. 
Photograph by Bebeto Matthews, AP Photo

nationalgeographic.com - by Tim Folger - June 12, 2013

Mayor Michael Bloomberg's announcement yesterday of a $19.5 billion, multidecade plan to defend New York City against rising seas and severe storms illustrated two truths that resonate far beyond his home city.

First, as the time when we could prevent dangerous climate change slips away, the time for costly investments to protect ourselves has arrived. Second, for some cities, less well situated or less wealthy than New York, protection is going to be extremely challenging—and in some cases perhaps impossible.

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