Culture

Urban Fixes to Fight the Next Sandy

Unconventional ideas for climate-proofing New York City.

The interactive graphic below comes courtesy of Climate Desk, a journalistic collaboration between The Atlantic, Mother Jones, Slate, and others, dedicated to exploring the impact—human, environmental, economic, political—of a changing climate. Learn more at theclimatedesk.org.



Top image: A playground sits submerged under flood waters left from Hurricane Sandy at the Breezy Point section of the Queens. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)