Stories by Erika Bolstad

Higher levees in some areas make flooding worse in other areas, and development continues behind all the berms

Climate change may now be a part of the gentrification story in Miami real estate

The updated Yale Climate Opinion maps suggest Americans' opinions on climate change differ sharply from that of the president

The strategy is emerging from the shadows as scientists and governments try to figure out how to move people out of the way of coastal flooding and other hazards

The effects of building a massive concrete wall range from increased emissions to blocked wildlife migration routes

Spending money to adapt will likely be a good investment in Alaska and other states facing sea-level rise and shifting precipitation patterns

Shifting rainfall patterns and the amount of water in the ground are likely causes for the heightened risk

Without more protection, one foot of sea level rise could inundate nearly 60 square miles of the tristate area as soon as 2050

Dozens of military and defense experts advised the president-elect that global warming should transcend politics

One percent of policy holders make 25 to 30 percent of claims

Effects must now be part of national security policies, plans and doctrines

A bipartisan group says the U.S military must alter strategies to maintain effectiveness

Communities should plan defenses and emergency responses based on the climate of the future, not the past

Winning requires “building big factories, and building them really, really fast”

Wetlands, sand dunes and mangroves could protect shorelines more inexpensively than walls and bulkheads

Defenses against storms and floods, built on past events, will fail unless emergency planners use forward-looking data that account for rapid climate change

Sea level rise as a result of global warming is not stopping developers of Florida’s coast

Global warming has created a hot new job in U.S. coastal cities

Scientists struggle to convey the risks of climate change simply

Democratic and Republican mayors in the Sunshine State realize something must be done about global warming

Scientists use ocean data to more accurately predict a hurricane's strength as it approaches landfall