Do You Have Questions About Preparing for Climate Change and ... - THE CITY
How to Prepare for Climate Change and Extreme Weather in New York City - THE CITY
Do You Have Questions About Preparing for Climate Change and Extreme Weather in New York City?
Get answers at THE CITY’s Open Newsroom at the Queens Public Library.
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On Thursday, August 3 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Join THE CITY and the research team Melting Metropolis on the main floor of the Queens Public Library’s central branch to share your stories of how heat, flooding and other climate change issues have impacted your life. In addition, a panel of experts will be there for a conversation on resiliency and climate justice, and to answer all of your questions about climate change and extreme weather.
Can’t make it in person? Email your questions to ask@thecity.nyc with “CLIMATE” in the subject line and we’ll send answers. You can also share your stories and photos with the team here.
The Queens Public Library’s central branch is located at 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11432 and is wheelchair accessible.
Related Knowledge Center: Climate science
What began as a theory in the 1890s — that industrial emissions of carbon dioxide could increase global temperatures — had progressed to a scientific fact a century later. Scientists across a range of disciplines are studying the impact of the still-growing concentration of carbon dioxide and other so-called “greenhouse gases” in the atmosphere as they call for industrial and governmental policies to slow, then halt, the warming of the planet.