How climate change could threaten, transform LI
Photo credit: Gordon M. Grant | Erosion damage caused by superstorm Sandy at home on Captain Kidds Path in Montauk. (Nov. 19, 2012)
2011 NY and LI beach water quality ratings
LI sites that recycle organic waste
Scientists say the Long Island of the future will have shorter, wetter winters and oppressively hot summers, with seas rising and storm surges so strong they will threaten beaches, salt water marshes and infrastructure.
The warnings are familiar, but after superstorm Sandy, policymakers are listening -- and the experts' predictions are helping define what needs to be done.
"Sandy is...
