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Climate research needs to change to help communities plan for the future

  • Written by Robert Kopp, Professor, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, and Director, Rutgers Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Rutgers University
How can we design projects, such as tunnels, to last decades yet still account for the uncertain effects of climate change?AP Photo/Julie Jacobson

Climate change is a chronic challenge – it is here now, and will be with us throughout this century and beyond. As the U.S. government’s National Climate Assessment report made clear,...

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