Environment
NYC's Hot-Weather Profile Could Resemble Alabama's in 30 Years
A new report provides the background for Mayor Bloomberg's climate change adaptation plans.
What does New York City have to fear from a warmer planet? A new report from Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency makes some dire predictions: hotter summers, warmer winters, and water, water everywhere.
The report, which updates a 2009 study and is based on new data collected by the New York City Panel on Climate Change, has drastic environmental changes arriving as soon as the 2050s.