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SCIENTIFIC PAPERS:

1) Colle, B. A., F. Buonaiuto, M. J. Bowman, R. E. Wilson, R. Hunter, D. Hill, and R. Flood, 2008. Storm surge modeling for the New York metropolitan region. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 89: (in press).

2) Bowman, M.J., D. Hill, F. Buonaiuto, B. Colle, R. Flood, R. Wilson, R. Hunter, and J. Wang, 2008. Threats and Responses Associated with Rapid Climate Change in Metropolitan New York. In "Sudden and Disruptive Climate CHange", M. MacCracken, F. Moore and J. C. Topping (eds). Earthscan, London, pp. 327.

PRESENTATIONS:

1) 15 Feb 2007."Preparing for New York City's Katrina: Storm Surge Barriers to Protect the New York Metropolitan Region" By Douglas Hill and Malcolm Bowman. Presentation to the Metropolitan Engineering Societies Council Annual Meeting at the Polytechnic University of Brooklyn.

2) 6-8 Feb 2006. "Hydrologic Feasibility of Storm Surge Barriers to Protect the Metropolitan New York-New Jersey Region from Coastal Flooding" by Malcolm Bowman. 78th Annual Water Environment Association Conference New York City. ---------featured animations available below

• "Winds and sea level pressure during Hurricane Floyd (16-19 Sept 1999)", (animation of slide 51)
• "Predicted Storm Surge over the model domain for Hurricane Floyd, 16-19 Sep 1999", (animation of slide 52)
  
• "Predicted Storm Surge over the model domain for Hurricane Floyd, over Long Island shores 16-19 Sep 1999" (animation of slide 53)

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ARTICLES:

1) 3 Jun 2007. "Dam It! New York’s Barrier Prophet Speaks" by Lizzy Ratner. The New York Observer.

2) 11 Mar 2007. "The Riddle of Changing Weather: How Safe is my Home?" by Teri Karush Rogers. The New York Times.

3) 27 Nov 2006. "Five Year Forecast" by Clive Thompson. New York Magazine.

4) 9 Nov 2006. "How to Keep New York Afloat" by Moises Velasquez-Manoff. The Christian Science Monitor.

5) 5 June 2006."Storm surges threaten US economic heartlands". by Patrick Berry. New Scientist, issue 1554.

5) Dec 2005."Storm Surge Barriers for New York Harbor". New York Academy of Sciences. E-briefing (public version). NYAS members-only version with featured audio and slides.

6) Nov/Dec 2005. "Storm Surge Barriers for New York Harbor" by Christine Van Lenten. Update (cover story - html). New York Academy of Sciences Magazine, pp. 6-9. (also available in pdf format).

7) Spring 2005. "Closing the Doors on Storm Surges" by Lane Smith. Coastlines , vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 6-7. New York Sea Grant, Stony Brook, NY.

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EDITORIALS:

1) 25 Sep 2005. "A City at Sea." By Malcolm J. Bowman, New York Times Op-Ed

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INTERVIEWS:

1) 20 Mar 2008. "Forecasting Flooding This Season", Interview of Malcolm Bowman by Marla Diamond. WCBS 880.

2) 24 May 2007. "A Warmer Earth's Rising Waters Affects New Yorkers" By Cindy Rodriguez. WNYC Radio ------TEXT VERSION

3) 11-13 Oct 2005. WINS 1010 AM Radio Clips on global climate change and its influence on the severity and frequency of hurricanes. Interviewer: Alice Stockton-Rossini. Participants: Malcolm Bowman (Stony Brook University), Klaus H. Jacob (Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University), Vivien Gornitz (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York) and William D. Solecki (Hunter College, City University of New York).  

    Please click on the sound images below to listen to the clips

	Are hurricanes getting stronger?
	Were recent devastating hurricanes (Katrina & Rita) fueled by greenhouse gases and global warming?
	Burning of fossil fuels contributes to warmer oceans.
	Sea level in New York City continues to rise; future storms will be far more damaging.
	NASA predicts up to a two foot rise in New York sea level by 2050.
	Damage to NY infrastructure could be catastrophic.
	Fifty-hour storm surge predictions are now available. Stony Brook Storm Surge Research Group proposes that the City build three storm surge barriers.
	A major storm could threaten the City's huge underground infrastructure. Billions of dollars need to be spent for storm surge protection over the next decades.
	Significant wetlands will be lost over the next 50 years, especially Jamaica Bay. The Stony Brook Storm Surge Research Group promotes construction of three or four storm surge barriers to protect the City.