February 20, 2009
New York Must Prepare for Global Warming, Mayor’s Panel Says - New York Times- Topic: global warming news
Bloomberg to study the potential effects of global warming
on the city, said that mean annual temperatures in New York could increase by up to 3 degrees and the average sea levels rise by 2 to 5 inches by the 2020s. Cynthia Rosenzweig , a senior research scientist at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies at Columbia University , who is the chairwoman of the panel, acknowledged that it was difficult to make predictions about the effects of climate change on specific regions and that climate models that attempt to do so carried uncertainties. City officials said that to prepare for the expected effects of climate change, the city should plan to keep cooling centers for people without air-conditioning open longer during heat waves, move critical equipment in city buildings above sea level and incorporate climate changes into the design of buildings, among other measures. The panel, made up of scientists and representatives of private companies, presented its findings at a news conference on Tuesday at the Rockaway Wastewater Treatment Plant in Queens, where the Department of Environmental Protection is moving electrical equipment like pump motors and circuit breakers to 14 feet above sea level from 25 feet below sea level.
on the city, said that mean annual temperatures in New York could increase by up to 3 degrees and the average sea levels rise by 2 to 5 inches by the 2020s. Cynthia Rosenzweig , a senior research scientist at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies at Columbia University , who is the chairwoman of the panel, acknowledged that it was difficult to make predictions about the effects of climate change on specific regions and that climate models that attempt to do so carried uncertainties. City officials said that to prepare for the expected effects of climate change, the city should plan to keep cooling centers for people without air-conditioning open longer during heat waves, move critical equipment in city buildings above sea level and incorporate climate changes into the design of buildings, among other measures. The panel, made up of scientists and representatives of private companies, presented its findings at a news conference on Tuesday at the Rockaway Wastewater Treatment Plant in Queens, where the Department of Environmental Protection is moving electrical equipment like pump motors and circuit breakers to 14 feet above sea level from 25 feet below sea level.
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