Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach So I came across a news article with the headline: Philly will have more heat waves, and the Delaware projected to rise more than a foot over the next 25 years Yeah, right, sez I. The claim is that the flooding will come from increased rainfall in the Philly area.
In hopes of preparing the city for these changes, Drexel University, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, the Academy of Natural Sciences, and CCRUN convened more than 100 experts, community members and stakeholders to produce a research agenda that, if pursued, could help to fortify Philadelphia, and its most vulnerable populations, against the extreme effects of climate change.