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This mayor is leaving politics to fight climate change full-time
This mayor is leaving politics to fight climate change full-time
https://i.amz.mshcdn.com/7NrYAtTjGA1...1075e0125c.jpghttps://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed...8be198fb13.jpghttps://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed...6a4ca77139.jpg Like many communities skirting the U.S. coastline, Hoboken, New Jersey, wasn’t built on solid ground.* Many of its charming brick buildings, historic piers, and apartment towers stand atop what was once a low-lying tidal marsh — a grassy, muddy buffer along the Hudson River, designed by nature to absorb high tides and storm surge like a sponge. Early developers drained the marshlands in the 1800s to make way for modern Hoboken: the birthplace of singer Frank Sinatra, the location of TLC’s Cake Boss, and home to 53,000 people packed within the 1.25-square-mile city limit. Across the river, Manhattan’s glassy skyscrapers sparkle in the summer sunlight. Read more... More about Science, Global Warming, New Jersey, Activism, and Climate Changehttp://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gamp...0&c=1500756315 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/qElqcegtE7I |
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