Daniel A. Zarrilli, PE
@dzarrilli
Climate | Resilience | Energy | Water | Infrastructure | Cities | NYC | Current: @Columbia; Former: @nycgov, @NYClimate, @NYCEDC, @Bechtel views mine 🌎 🇺🇸
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“Climate change brings with it higher temperatures and extreme rains, which can lower yields and make the crops that are harvested more expensive.”
A 300% jump in lettuce prices. A 15% rise for Spanish olive oil and 80% for US vegetables. A study links these spikes to climate change bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
There’s much to be said for how sand replenishment is becoming unsustainable with rising sea levels, but it’s also true that coastal communities are not prepared for what this defunding will do to their economies. We need a better approach to coastal resilience than this… ⬇️
Shore towns get no federal dollars for beach replenishments for the first time in almost 30 years inquirer.com/news/new-jerse…
The latest reminder that #climate change doesn’t care if we believe in it or not: “The new threat of flash flooding comes on the heels of a "flash flood emergency" that was issued on Saturday for northern Washington, D.C.” apple.news/ASm9gCB1kR326Z…
An absolutely classic piece of disaster journalism
When the Cascadia fault line ruptures, it could be North America’s worst natural disaster in recorded history. nyer.cm/uICKP9y
"From last year’s disaster in Asheville to this month’s catastrophic floods in Central Texas, the world has entered a new era of rainfall supercharged by climate change, rendering existing response plans inadequate." washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…
Scientists say they know why these flash floods are occurring -- with stuck weather patterns and climate change-driven trends playing major roles. (2/2) cnn.com/2025/07/20/cli…