Superstorm Sandy ripped through lower Manhattan in 2012, flooding the construction site of the Whitney Museum's new location right on the river. After that disastrous event, they designed a fortress-like flood protection system for when climate disaster strikes again, making it one of the most flood-resilient structures in New York.
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While climate change encompasses the potential for devastating consequences, it also has the potential to foster a new era of scientific innovation, clean energy technologies, and creative policy solutions. Peril and Promise is an initiative from WNET in New York reporting on the human stories of climate change.
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