Kake (pronounced “cake”) is a rural coastal village in Southeast Alaska, rich in cultural history and tradition. The region around the village has been inhabited by the Tlingit people for thousands of years. Today, among Kake’s population of around 600 people, more than 70 percent
The community of Culebra, on a small island east of Puerto Rico's main island, could tell that Playa Tamarindo was in trouble. The coral habitats located within an easy swim of their popular beach were showing signs of stress. Looking for the cause, community members recognized erosion from an unpaved parking lot and road had increased the volume of land-based sediments that drifted into nearshore marine communities.
Pittsburgh, located in southwestern Pennsylvania where the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio Rivers meet, is known for its steel town heritage and its diverse culture. In the early 1900s, the city extensively improved its infrastructure to support the growing metropolitan area by installing underground sewers and water lines, as well as new power lines and roads.
In July 1999, the small city of Two Harbors, Minnesota—situated on the shore of Lake Superior about 25 miles north of Duluth—was devastated by a 100-year rain storm. The city sustained significant damage to roads and highways, other infrastructure, and private property. To make matters worse, streambank erosion and polluted runoff threatened to contaminate the water supply, necessitating additional treatment.
In April 1973, a nor'easter blowing across Lake Michigan's Green Bay resulted in a storm surge that brought four feet of water into downtown Green Bay, Wisconsin. Parking lots and low-lying sections of town were inundated and boats ferried people from their homes and businesses to evacuation centers as the waters reached the 500-year flood mark. The city took months to recover, and the flood is still recalled as one of the area's most extreme events.
Salinas, a municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico, has a history of water concerns.
Located on Alaska's Norton Sound near two freshwater rivers (the Shaktoolik and the Tagoomenik), Shaktoolik is within walking distance to innumerable freshwater ponds. The location's easy access to abundant natural resources makes it obvious why many generations of Alaska Natives have chosen to live in this region.
Richmond—the capital of Virginia—is situated on the James River amidst the low, rolling hills of the Virginia Piedmont. One of the nation’s oldest cities, Richmond boasts a population of almost 225,000. Walking through this dynamic city yields a wide range of culture, landscape...and temperatures.
It was was quite literally a dark and stormy night in Boulder, Colorado, on September 12, 2013. Extreme weather rocked the city that night, eventually sparking new conversations about climate change.