Can New York City Survive Massive Flooding? | Sinking Cities | THIRTEEN

New York City is a coastal city, surrounded by water on all sides. In 2012, Superstorm Sandy overwhelmed the city with deadly flooding. Since then, the city has designed new ways to defend itself against rising seas and the next major storm. With 520 miles of shoreline and no coastal protection, engineers and urban planners are tackling the problem with urgency and creativity. Can their visions and innovations make New York City a safe place to live for centuries to come? As Climate Week NYC begins in September, The WNET Group brings you Forces of Nature, a special collection exploring issues affecting our natural world and sustainability with community leaders, experts, artists and viewers like you. Introduction: 00:00:00 Twin Bridges neighborhood 00:02:01 Data and forecast modeling 00:06:42 Projection for 6ft sea rise in 2100 00:07:47 The subway system 00:09:54 Geophysicist Klaus Jacob 00:11:59 NYC's shoreline map over centuries 00:14:31 The Big U seawall project 00:28:14 Broad Channel, a residential island in Queens 00:34:14 Offshore breakwaters 00:40:21 Marine doors for subway tunnels 00:43:00 Flood-resistant building construction 00:45:15 Domino Park in Brooklyn 00:48:48 About the series Sinking Cities: As the earth warms, sea levels rise and super-storms become more frequent and intense, many of the world’s major coastal cities may soon be under water. The four-part Sinking Cities series explores how four global cities – New York, Toyko, London and Miami – are coming to grips with the real-time effects of rising seas and extreme weather. Sinking Cities is a 2018 production of Cineflix (Cities) Inc. in association with THIRTEEN. Major funding for Sinking Cities is provided by Dr. P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos. Additional funding is provided by Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, The Marc Haas Foundation, the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations and public television viewers. For full episodes, check out http://thirteen.org/ Facebook:   / thirteenwnet   Instagram:   / thirteenwnet     / thirteenwnet   #NYC #NewYorkCity #SinkingCities #SuperstormSandy #ClimateChange #Infrastructure ----------------- THIRTEEN is one of America’s most respected and innovative public media providers. Part of The WNET Group, THIRTEEN is a unique cultural and educational institution that harnesses the power of television and electronic media to inform, enlighten, entertain and inspire. The flagship public television station of the New York City tri-state area and the most-watched public television channel in the nation, THIRTEEN reaches millions of people with programming that celebrates arts and culture, offers insightful commentary on the news of the day, explores the worlds of science and nature, and invites people of all ages to have fun while learning.