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Coastal Delaware Resiliency
A warming climate, changes in weather patterns, and rising sea levels will change how and where business is done in coastal Delaware. These factors may also provide new business opportunities. This report summarizes the current state of climate science …
UNNATURAL COASTAL FLOODS: Sea level rise and the human fingerprint on U.S. floods since 1950
Human-caused climate change is contributing to global sea level rise and consequently aggravating coastal floods. This analysis removes the assessed human-caused component in global sea level from hourly water level records since 1950 at 27 U.S. tide g …
Green Infrastructure Primer
The Green Infrastructure Primer provides an introduction to green infrastructure projects and their benefits, as well as information on selecting, building, and maintaining them. It provides an overview of the benefits of green infrastructure and an in …
Climate Framework for Delaware
Delaware’s Cabinet Committee on Climate and Resiliency was set up in 2013 to guide state agencies through the process of implementing and carrying out Executive Order 41: Preparing Delaware for Emerging Climate Impacts and Seizing Economic Opportunitie …
Delaware Climate Change Impact Assessment
The Delaware Climate Change Impact Assessment Summarizes the best available science on how climate change may affect Delaware’s people, places, and resources. Increases our understanding of the current and future risks of a changing climate. Helps Dela …
Climate Change Analysis for Delaware and the Delaware Estuary
The major goal of the research was to identify any statistically significant trends in diverse climate variables for the Delaware Region. Also included in the analysis was a thorough study of changing land surface conditions across the State (amount of impervious surfaces, development, deforestation, etc.) and their potential effect on the climate variables.
Delaware Coastal Storm Climatology and Damage Report: 1923-2009
As part of a cooperative effort between the University of Delaware and several Delaware State Agencies to better monitor conditions along the Delaware coastline and to provide advance warning of impending coastal flooding events, a climatology of coast …