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This mayor is leaving politics to fight climate change full-time
![]() ![]() ![]() 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 Change ??????? ??????: This mayor is leaving politics to fight climate change full-time || ??????: rss || ??????: اسم منتداك
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