Overview: As climate change accelerates, coastal areas around the world are facing mounting threats from rising sea levels, extreme weather events, and compounding natural hazards. This Focus Area is investigating these complex challenges, focusing on two primary hazards that impact millions of people along the U.S. East Coast: flooding and heat stress. By combining observational data with advanced computational modeling, the outputs of their work could support decision-makers in government, business, and communities—helping them to make informed choices about how to respond to climate-related risks.

Focus area leads:

• Bob Kopp, Rutgers University
• Anthony Broccoli, Rutgers University
• Jie Gong, Rutgers University
• Sönke Dangendorf, Tulane University
• Radley Horton, Columbia University
• Ning Lin, Princeton University
• Michael Oppenheimer, Princeton University
• Jorge Lorenzo-Trueba, University of Florida
• Thomas Wahl, Central Florida University