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Just ahead of Climate Week, Associate Professor Brett Branco and Professor Jennifer Cherrier from Earth and Environmental Sciences, participated in a statewide symposium on September 16 that focused on natural and nature-based features (NNBF) for shoreline resilience.

The event, organized and hosted by Branco and the with the took place simultaneously at multiple locations across the state, including New York City, the Hudson Valley, the Great Lakes, and Long Island. Branco serves as the executive director of the SRIJB, and Cherrier is its associate director for integrated water research.

Brett F. Branco

Brett F. Branco

More than 35 practitioners, researchers, and students from 可乐视频 and the CUNY Graduate Center shared insights, tools, and innovations aimed at improving how NNBF are implemented to protect communities from the impacts of climate change and urban development.

Participants explored a range of topics, from ecosystem restoration to sustainable coastal infrastructure, all with the goal of enhancing resilience, supporting biodiversity, and achieving positive social and economic outcomes.

Branco and his students are contributing to ongoing efforts through monitoring and data collection, building public-facing databases and visualizations, and developing tools to help policymakers and stakeholders select the most effective nature-based projects. They are also working to identify pathways for integrating these solutions into existing regulatory and permitting frameworks.

Jennifer Cherrier

Jennifer Cherrier

鈥淣ature-based features can transform the way we manage and adapt to climate impacts,鈥 said Branco. 鈥淥ur challenge, and opportunity, is to connect science with action, making sure that these solutions are not only effective, but also equitable and scalable.鈥

This work underscores the critical role of academic institutions and students in shaping the future of climate resilience in New York and beyond.

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FloodNet Goes Global: NYC Flood-Monitoring System Expands to Brazil and Puerto Rico /bc-brief/floodnet-goes-global-nyc-flood-monitoring-system-expands-to-brazil-and-puerto-rico/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 20:46:16 +0000 /?p=115960 Urban resilience project co-led by Professor Brett Branco, CUNY Graduate Center, and NYU serves as a model for international efforts.

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FloodNet鈥攁n innovative flood-monitoring system developed to track water levels in New York City鈥檚 most flood-prone neighborhoods鈥攊s going international. The technology is now being used as a model for new projects in Brazil and Puerto Rico, signaling a major milestone in global urban climate resilience efforts.

Launched in 2019 and co-led by 可乐视频 and CUNY Graduate Center (GC) Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Brett Branco in collaboration with scientists from the GC and New York University, FloodNet uses a network of solar-powered sensors to monitor real-time water levels. These ultrasonic distance sensors are strategically placed in vulnerable areas across the city, including Coney Island, Far Rockaway, and Staten Island.

Also the Director of the , Branco leads a variety of projects on topics including urban flooding and nature-based solutions to water quality and climate change challenges.

To date, the FloodNet team has deployed approximately 300 sensors throughout New York City. The data they collect is transmitted to a dynamic, real-time database and displayed on an interactive map, providing valuable insights for residents, city planners, and emergency management teams. As climate change increases the frequency and severity of urban flooding worldwide, FloodNet鈥檚 expansion to Brazil and Puerto Rico marks an important step toward building more resilient cities through accessible, community-driven technology.

Read more about the expansion from CUNY Graduate Center .

 

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SRIJB and FloodNet Featured in First CUNY Climate Consortium Workshop /bc-brief/srijb-and-floodnet-featured-in-first-cuny-climate-consortium-workshop/ Thu, 07 Nov 2024 17:22:56 +0000 /?p=107094 Free event is open to CUNY faculty, students, and staff who are interested in learning about the innovative flood sensor鈥揵ased project.

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Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Brett Branco will present at the CUNY Climate Consortium鈥檚 first Collaborative Research Workshop, which will focus on FloodNet and the work of the Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay (SRIJB).

FloodNet is the first mobile-ready web dashboard that presents real-time flood data collected by an expanding system of low-cost, open-source sensors in flood-prone areas across New York City. FloodNet is a partnership between academic researchers at CUNY and NYU, the Mayor鈥檚 Office of Climate and Environmental Justice, the Mayor鈥檚 Office of Technology and Innovation, New York State Sea Grant, and a network of community-based organizations. Branco is also the director of the Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay, at 可乐视频, and is a principal investigator on the FloodNet project.

This workshop is open to CUNY faculty, students, and staff who are interested in learning about the innovative FloodNet project and advancing collaborative research, education, and community engagement across the university. The goal of the workshop is to create new teams of collaborators with specific project ideas for grant writing.

The workshop will include:

鈥 An overview of the FloodNet project and CUNY鈥檚 role in its development;

鈥 Lightning talks from researchers utilizing FloodNet data to analyze its impact;

鈥 A moderated conversation focused on building interdisciplinary collaborations within CUNY and establishing connections with non-CUNY partners.

The CUNY Climate Consortium (C3) Collaborative Research Workshops are designed to bring together CUNY鈥檚 diverse expertise in climate research, education, and community engagement. By harnessing the vast expertise across the technical, scientific, and social sciences at CUNY, these workshops aim to co-produce innovative and just climate solutions for urban communities facing climate-related challenges.

Click to register for the C3 FloodNet workshop.

CUNY Climate Consortium Collaborative Research Workshop
When: Thursday, Nov. 21, 9 a.m.鈥2:30 p.m.
Where: CUNY Central Office, 205 E 42nd St., New York, NY (Room 818)

 

 

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FloodNet Featured in Climate Week Event at 可乐视频 /bc-brief/floodnet-featured-in-climate-week-event-at-brooklyn-college/ Wed, 02 Oct 2024 16:03:02 +0000 /?p=105603 Residents and experts get an up-close look at technology that lets people know where, when, and how quickly flood waters are rising.

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To highlight Climate Week, 可乐视频 hosted an event showcasing the project鈥攊ncluding a data dashboard that reports street-level flooding detected by ultrasonic sensors鈥攆or residents who experience flooding in their neighborhood or work on climate adaptation solutions driven by technology.

Launched in 2022 with the help of 可乐视频 Professor , Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and the executive director of the , FloodNet is a consortium of researchers, government agencies, and community-based organizations that addresses flooding issues through a first-ever, free online tool that lets communities and agencies know where, when, and how quickly flood waters are rising.

Brett Branco, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences

Brett Branco.

鈥淲e typically do these workshops in neighborhoods affected by flooding, but since it is Climate Week, we decided to invite people to 可乐视频 to learn more about the technology,鈥 said Branco. 鈥淭hese workshops help ensure that the data we produce are useful and usable by people, so we can be better prepared for flooding.鈥

During the workshop, titled 鈥淓ngaging Communities With Flood Sensor Data and Storytelling,鈥 attendees used data from flood sensors installed across New York City to get a firsthand look at how the technology can work for them and their communities.

FloodNet was developed as a collaboration between researchers at the Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay (SRIJB) at 可乐视频, NYU Tandon鈥檚 Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP), and the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC), in partnership with the NYC Mayor鈥檚 Office of Climate and Environmental Justice and the NYC Office of Technology and Innovation, and with the financial support of the C2SMART Tier 1 U.S. Department of Transportation University Transportation Center at NYU Tandon, the NYU Marron Institute, and the CUNY Office of Research.

On Sept. 9, Mayor Eric Adams said the city is on pace to have 500 flood sensors installed in priority flooding areas by 2027. The 200th sensor was recently installed in Corona, Queens鈥 Louis Simeone Park, earlier in September.

The event was co-hosted by the Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay, New York Sea Grant, the Mayor鈥檚 Office of Climate and Environmental Justice, and FloodNet, in partnership with the New York Climate Exchange.

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U.S. News & World Report Again Ranks 可乐视频 Among Best /bc-news/u-s-news-world-report-again-ranks-brooklyn-college-among-best-colleges-2/ Wed, 25 Sep 2024 17:59:54 +0000 /?p=105324 College is no. 1 overall for ethnic diversity for seventh straight year and no. 8 for social mobility, among other key indicators.

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可乐视频 has been recognized for lifting its incredibly diverse students up the socioeconomic ladder and for its overall quality and value by听. Now in its 40th year, the rankings evaluate nearly 1,500 U.S. colleges and universities on up to 17 measures of academic quality and place an emphasis on social mobility and outcomes for graduating students.

Among Regional Universities North, 可乐视频 ranked:

  • 1 for Ethnic Diversity
  • 3 for Least Debt at Graduation
  • 6 for Economic Diversity
  • 8 for Social Mobility
  • 15 Top Public Schools
  • 15 Best Colleges for Veterans
  • 39 Overall
  • 46 for Freshman Retention Rate
  • 49 for Most International Students

鈥淥nce again, 可乐视频 has been ranked a top choice for students seeking an outstanding education free from a significant financial burden,鈥 said 可乐视频 President Michelle J. Anderson. 鈥淲e are proud of this recognition, which serves as a testament to our excellent students, staff, and faculty.鈥

It is the seventh straight year that the college鈥檚 ranked first among Regional Universities North. In its methodology, U.S. News & World Report explains that 鈥渢o identify colleges where students are most likely to encounter undergraduates from racial or ethnic groups different from their own, U.S. News factors in the total proportion of minority students, leaving out international students, and the overall mix of groups. The data is drawn from each institution’s fall 2023 total undergraduate student body. The ethnic categories used in the calculations are non-Hispanic African American, Hispanic, American Indian, Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian, Asian, non-Hispanic White, and multiracial (two or more races).鈥

, U.S. News groups institutions according to the degrees they offer and award, naming the top national universities, regional universities, regional colleges, and liberal arts colleges. The distinctions are based on the number of undergraduate, master鈥檚, and doctoral degree programs that are offered by a college or university as well as the institution鈥檚 geographic location (North, South, Midwest, West).

U.S. News publishes the Best Colleges rankings each year to provide prospective students and their families with the comparative merits of the programs at U.S. colleges and universities. The rankings offer detailed information of the institutions and data on factors such as outcome measures, including graduation rates, graduate indebtedness, and postgraduate earnings.

鈥淔or 40 years, Best Colleges has continued to evolve as a trusted companion to prospective students and their families during the decision-making process,鈥 said LaMont Jones, managing editor for education at U.S. News. 鈥淭he rankings and editorial content offer crucial data, as well as college advice and informed reporting, to all who seek a college education.鈥

The news follows 可乐视频 being named to Forbes鈥 鈥Colleges With the Highest Payoff鈥 list and being featured in The Princeton Review鈥檚 Best 390 Colleges for 2025.

More information about 可乐视频 accolades may be found here.

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可乐视频 Featured in The Princeton Review鈥檚 Best 390 Colleges for 2025 /bc-brief/brooklyn-college-featured-in-the-princeton-reviews-best-390-colleges-for-2025/ Wed, 04 Sep 2024 18:24:22 +0000 /?p=104636 The college is cited for the 23rd consecutive year.

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可乐视频 was again ranked one of the country鈥檚 premier institutions of higher learning, in The Princeton Review鈥檚听Best 390 Colleges, 2025.

Only about 15% of the United States鈥 2,600 four-year colleges are profiled in the book. The Princeton Review chooses the colleges based on data it annually collects from surveys of 2,000 college administrators about their institutions鈥 academic offerings. The company also reviews data from its surveys of college students attending the schools who report on their experiences at their institutions.

可乐视频 also appears on The Princeton Review鈥檚 lists of , which uses a combination of institutional and student survey data, including academic rigor, affordability, and career outcomes for graduates, among others. The college was also included on The Princeton Review lists of , and .

The 2025 edition of the book, released on August 27, features student reviews. Some selected highlights about 可乐视频 include:

There are so many different options of choosing your own schedule.鈥 [There are] tons of resources and help throughout the semester provided by the Magner Career Center鈥. The administration also makes sure that students can find answers to possibly any and all questions you may have.

When asked about the student body, students wrote:

Students here come from all different countries, cultures and religions鈥.Everyone has a place to fit in…no matter what boxes you as a student may or may not tick off鈥.This diversity helps create an environment where students are constantly learning something new from everyone’s own perspectives and shared experiences鈥and are] welcoming, kind, and always willing to get together to study.

You can read more about how 可乐视频 is a nationally recognized institution of higher learning听here.

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可乐视频 and Ramboll Announce Partnership to Address Urban Water and Climate Adaptation /bc-news/brooklyn-college-and-ramboll-announce-partnership-to-address-urban-water-and-climate-adaptation/ Wed, 29 May 2024 16:00:48 +0000 /?p=101241 Faculty and staff will lend their broad expertise to address climate resiliency problems on grand scale.

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Flooding is one of the most destructive natural hazards worldwide, posing significant risks to human health and safety. It leads to the degradation of adjacent waters and results in more than $40 billion in damages annually.

With the projected increased frequency of extreme precipitation and storm events associated with climate change, these problems will become even more acute.

To address these issues through dynamic planning and holistic approaches that provide equitable solutions to meet both community and environmental needs, 可乐视频 has teamed up with international architectural, engineering, and consultancy firm , headquartered in Denmark.

Jennifer Cherrier

Jennifer Cherrier

Led by Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Jennifer Cherrier, this cross-sectoral initiative will address urban water and climate change resiliency challenges in New York City, Copenhagen, and beyond. The work will more effectively address and create place-based and nature-based solutions around flooding, water degradation, and other global climate challenges.

Highlights of the partnership include:

  • Green workforce development;
  • Workplace immersion and internships;
  • International experience and knowledge exchange;
  • Collaborative research, communication, and translation of new nature-based design knowledge and innovation into practice for climate adaptation.

鈥淚鈥檓 thrilled to see this formalized partnership with Ramboll come to fruition,鈥 Cherrier said. 鈥淚 believe the partnership will create opportunities and sustained pathways for all involved, particularly our students, to really push the needle for getting innovative nature-based solutions into the hands of practitioners to effectively meet resiliency challenges around climate adaptation and, at the same time, enhance urban liveability for all.鈥

Brett F. Branco

Brett Branco

Katherine G. Fry

Katherine Fry

Joining Cherrier from 可乐视频 is Environmental Earth and Sciences Associate Professor Brett Branco, also the director of the . The SRI@JB is a partnership among the National Park Service, the City of New York, and the City University of New York (CUNY), and coordinates with other institutions and organizations, including .

Professor Katherine Fry, who is working as an SRI@JB Faculty Fellow, will lead the communications efforts.

This partnership will build on 可乐视频 and the SRI@JB鈥檚 commitment to these issues, while preparing its diverse students to become leaders and change agents through coursework and practical hands-on experience.

Cherrier, who is also SRI@JB鈥檚 associate director for integrated water research, has more than 25 years of research expertise in aquatic carbon and nitrogen biogeochemistry, with a more recent focus on the use of nature-based approaches for mitigating urban flooding and offsetting pollutant loading to aquatic systems. In addition to her research, Cherrier works with various cities developing cross-sectoral partnerships to enhance sister-city knowledge exchanges centered on addressing urban water and climate adaptation challenges.

Branco is an expert on the science of coastal environments and the integration of science into public policy and resource management. He is also one of the developers of FloodNet, New York City鈥檚 first flood-monitoring network that provides user-friendly, free data via an interactive map to alert users to rising waters in flood-prone areas.

Fry, a professor of media studies in the Department of Television, Radio & Emerging Media, is also a media ecologist and media literacy educator who brings years of interdisciplinary communications and media research and outreach into the classroom and the community. In addition to her teaching and scholarship, she co-founded the former New York City鈥揵ased nonprofit media literacy organization The LAMP and created all of its programming, which served numerous communities in four of the five boroughs.

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Green Infrastructure Test Bed Planted on Campus鈥 /bc-news/green-infrastructure-test-bed-planted-on-campus/ Thu, 29 Jun 2023 13:49:57 +0000 /?p=74276 The site will educate and support NYC stormwater and climate resiliency efforts.鈥

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(Left to right) Rami Sadovnik (student), Carrie Sadovnik (Director of Environmental Health and Safety/Sustainability), Stalin Espinal ’18, Paige Rushing (student), and Devlin McKenna (Office of Information Technology Services) help with the new green infrastructure project.

An innovative and environmentally friendly green infrastructure test bed received the finishing touches on June 15 when volunteers planted and mulched over 2,700 plugs of northeast native plants near the sidewalk between the Lily Pond and Whitman Hall.

The project was led by Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Associate Director of the Science and Resiliency Institute at Jamaica Bay Jennifer Cherrier, the Aquatic Research and Environmental Assessment Center, the Office of Environmental Health and Safety/Sustainability, along with support from the college鈥檚 Facilities, Planning and Operations, and student, staff and faculty volunteers, including Professor of Television, Radio & Emerging Media Katherine G. Fry.

Earth and Environmental Sciences and Associate Director of the Science and Resiliency Institute at Jamaica Bay Jennifer Cherrier (right) oversees the installation of the hybrid ecoWEIR system at 可乐视频 that students, faculty and staff helped to install. The project will serve as a place for interdisciplinary research for not only the campus but the entire CUNY family and affiliated collaborators, the surrounding community, and the region to help educate and partner with them on issues related to stormwater and climate resiliency.鈥疕elping Cherrier are students Wilson Deng (left) and Paige Rushing.

鈥淥ur campus has been long prized for its beauty. Beyond adding lush meadow greenery, Professor Cherrier鈥檚 ecoWEIR test bed bolsters biodiversity and offers transformative learning and research opportunities. This and other green space initiatives epitomize our commitment to a sustainable campus,鈥 said Carrie Sadovnik, Director of the Office of Environmental Health and Safety/Sustainability.

The approximately 455 square-feet test bed of drought and flood-resilient plants, which also attract pollinators to further aid the environment, was designed by Office Landscape and Urban Design, a Brooklyn-based and minority-owned design firm, in consultation with Cherrier. The site will be used for interdisciplinary research by both students and faculty and functions both as a traditional green infrastructure 鈥攕imilar to what is currently being installed by the NYC Department of Environmental Protection throughout New York City鈥攁s well as a green infrastructure called , a hybrid system developed by Cherrier鈥檚 research.

Both types of green infrastructure, traditional and hybrid, are used to help manage and filter out pollutants from stormwater runoff as well as other surface and surficial groundwater flows into aquatic systems. However, the hybrid ecoWEIR system is designed to give nature a boost to maximize pollutant removal and allow for fit-for-purpose water reuse. The ecoWEIR system is also being piloted in to remove phosphate from Prospect Park鈥檚 waterways to help offset toxic algae blooms that have been plaguing the lake for the past decade.

Current Sustainability Coordinator Stalin Espinal ’18, who studied Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences, holds up one of the plants for the project.

 

Cherrier added that in addition to the imminent research that her group will be doing at the test bed site鈥攊ncluding that of Ph.D. student Nia Rene, M.S. student Paige Rushing, and undergraduate student Sarah Maria Dos Santos鈥攖he project will serve as a place for interdisciplinary research for not only the campus but the entire CUNY family and affiliated collaborators, the surrounding community, and the region to help educate and partner with them on issues related to stormwater and climate resiliency.

鈥淲hile I was proud to lead the effort, I cannot thank Carrie Sadovnik, Director of Environmental Health and Safety and Sustainability, her staff, my graduate student Paige, the Facilities team, as well as other 可乐视频 and CUNY faculty, staff, and students enough for coming together this past month to help make this happen,鈥 Cherrier said. 鈥淚 am also indebted to the 可乐视频 administration for their long-term support of this project as well as to my colleagues at for their collaborative support and contributions to ecoWEIR throughout the years and, finally, I鈥檓 thankful for initial funding for this work provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.鈥

Rushing, an earth and environmental sciences graduate student, participated in the gardening of the green space event. Rushing has been analyzing the ecoWEIR system for her master鈥檚 thesis which explores the effects of nutrient concentrations in stormwater runoff and discovering how effective the system is as a nature-based solution for stormwater management.

鈥淭his planting event was one of the final stages in completing the installation. We planted hundreds of native perennials and have been working over the past month to fill the excavated site,鈥 Rushing said. 鈥淕etting the system in the ground was a large task and rigorous, so it鈥檚 great that we had [可乐视频] facilities personnel and volunteers to help with the planting and all the other stages of the installation process. There is still more to learn through the research that will be conducted in this space.鈥

Rushing is looking forward to watching the garden grow and is optimistic about the future of the green space.

鈥淚鈥檓 excited to watch the garden grow throughout the next year and to work on it because I enjoy being outside in nature. I feel optimistic about future research that will happen in this new green space.鈥

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Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay Earns National Funding Support /bc-news/science-and-resilience-institute-at-jamaica-bay-earns-national-funding-support/ Fri, 21 Apr 2023 14:02:34 +0000 /?p=67456 Community engagement is the focus of a recent round of national funding aimed at mitigating problem flooding.

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可乐视频 Earth and Environmental Sciences Department faculty Brett Branco鈥攁lso the executive director for the (SRIJB) 鈥攚ill join New York Sea Grant (NYSG) project administrators (NYSG Associate Director Kathy Bunting-Howarth and NYSG Coastal Resilience Extension Specialist Katie Graziano) on a project receiving two years of funding totaling $150,000.听The funding is part of a pool of $8.1 million in national investment funds to strengthen resilient coastal communities by helping to mitigate and find solutions for problem flooding.

Specifically, Branco and the SRIJB will receive support to host and mentor a CUNY graduate student to develop leadership in the field of coastal resilience. SRIJB鈥檚 strong network of partners across disciplines and practices will contribute to building a science-based community around nature-based solutions.

鈥淚n partnership with NYSG, the SRIJB fills a vital role in New York City both as a hub for user-driven research that informs climate adaptation decisions, and as a convener for knowledge exchange amongst academics, government agencies, and community-based organizations,鈥 said Branco. 鈥淲e are very excited to engage graduate students in this important work and provide opportunities to learn how to lead the interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary work necessary to reach equitable climate solutions.鈥

Along with NYSG, the SRIJB will produce forums, workshops, and data visualization and communications products as well as formalize a community of practice to share key findings with local, national, and international audiences. The goal is to connect diverse end-users in New York City and New York State with relevant expertise about (NNBF) as multi-beneficial, more resilient alternatives to traditional shoreline armoring.

This work builds upon ideas detailed in a journal article published last year in Ecology and Society on “” 鈥 how to define resilience in a way so that it can be measured, assessed, and promoted in design and policy. Before the development of the monitoring framework, there was no way to track these benefits.

An additional $125,000 in national support will allow NYSG to create a train-the-trainer program to grow and develop extension and outreach resources for the pilot program to expand the use of a publicly available, centralized database of crowd-sourced photos of flooding, storm damage, and shoreline change from across the state.

MyCoast NY, a downloadable app and web portal developed by NYSG and the NYS Water Resources Institute, is used to collect and analyze photos of flooding, changing shorelines, and hazardous weather impacts across New York’s various water bodies, building off of the work of the Community Floodwatch Project and expanding it statewide.

The full announcement can be found on the听 .

 

 

 

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可乐视频 Professor Brett Branco Helps Launch New Data Dashboard to Report Street-Level Flooding /bc-news/brooklyn-college-professor-brett-branco-helps-launch-new-data-dashboard-to-report-street-level-flooding/ Thu, 01 Sep 2022 20:05:07 +0000 https://preview.brooklyn.cuny.edu/?p=15240 The application is linked to the expanding 鈥淔loodNet鈥 system of flood sensors that provide user-friendly, free data via an interactive map that alert users to rising waters in flood-prone areas.

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Brett Branco stands with a sensor and a data board with Rebecca Fischman.

Brett Branco stands with a sensor and a data board with Rebecca Fischman, Senior Policy Advisor from the Mayor鈥檚 Office of Climate and Environmental Justice, on September 1 where Mayor Eric Adams announced various stormwater infrastructure initiatives aimed at making the city more resilient to extreme rainfall in the future.

New York City is girding itself for storm season, which, in the face of accelerating climate change, could mean more frequent and extreme storms like Hurricanes Henri and Ida as well as local cloudbursts producing prodigious volumes of stormwater.

Brett Branco from the and the Executive Director of the at 可乐视频 who also teaches at the CUNY Graduate Center is part of an academic, government, and community consortium called that is addressing these issues through a first-ever, free online tool that will help communities and government agencies to know where, when, and how quickly flood waters are rising.

Launched on Sept. 1鈥攖he one-year anniversary of the devastating and deadly flooding from Hurricane Ida鈥攖he new mobile-ready presents real-time data collected by the expanding FloodNet system of low-cost, open-source sensors in flood-prone areas across the city. Currently, FloodNet comprises 30 ultrasonic devices deployed in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island, from which readings are delivered to an interactive map and data visualization platform that allows users to see the occurrence and depth of flood water at each sensor location.

Brett Branco stands at a FloodNet sensor in Hamilton Beach, Queens.

Brett Branco stands at a FloodNet sensor in Hamilton Beach, Queens.

鈥淲e鈥檝e been working with both communities and government for years to better understand the impact that flooding has on the lives of NYC residents,鈥 Branco said. 鈥淔rom the frequent nuisance flooding due to high tides around Jamaica Bay, to the catastrophic flooding across all five boroughs that occurs during coastal storms and extreme rainfall events, FloodNet and the data dashboard will help NYC find equitable solutions to these problems.鈥

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection marked the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Ida today in Queens by announcing a suite of stormwater infrastructure initiatives aimed at making the city more resilient to extreme rainfall in the future, including the FloodNet sensors and the newly launched dashboard. The city has already installed 29 sensors this year alone and will install 50 this year and 500 FloodNet sensors in priority areas citywide over the next five years. These areas are and will continue to be determined by an analysis of stormwater risk, tidal flooding risk, storm damage, environmental justice history, social vulnerability, critical infrastructure, and proximity to wireless network connections.

Mayor Eric Adams holds up a FloodNet sensor at his press conference on September 1 in Queens.

Mayor Eric Adams holds up a FloodNet sensor at his press conference on September 1 in Queens.

鈥淚鈥檓 a big believer in technology to run our city smarter,鈥 Mayor Adams said, adding that the sensors and dashboard will provide the city with critical infrastructure in order to advice evacuations, travel bans, or road closures. 鈥淭his is more than infrastructure; it鈥檚 how we are going to protect our city and people from rising sea levels and stronger storms,鈥 he said. 鈥淭his is how we are going to lead. Everyone takes notice of what happens here in New York and what happens here cascades to the rest of the country.鈥

The dashboard is free-to-use and makes it easy for communities and government agencies to know where, when, and how quickly flood waters are rising, either from overburdened stormwater drains or coastal seawater surges. The system was created in partnership with , with funding from the New York State Empire State Development Corporation.

The research team also includes of CUNY ASRC, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC), the , the of Climate & Environmental Justice, and the NYC Office of Technology & Innovation. It was developed by a team of researchers including Branco, , , , and of NYU Tandon.

The dashboard:

  • Displays a rich data set collected by the FloodNet sensors, including the depth and profile of street-level floods over time, which can be of use to community members, city agencies, researchers, emergency responders, journalists, and others.
  • Provides flood data in real-time as they are collected, and can alert users to floods as they develop.
  • Includes a searchable map view that allows users to see at a glance which sensors are currently recording floods.
  • Includes historical data, allowing users to explore and understand the frequency and severity of flooding in locations where FloodNet sensors are deployed, in addition to visualizing floods that occurred during specific events. For example, during Tropical Storm Henri, on the same night separated by an hour where the water receded. During Ida, in Brooklyn, with flood waters rising quickly, peaking within 20 minutes, creating extremely hazardous conditions.
  • Visualizes regular flooding related to high tide events through .

鈥淭his is the first time that quantitative data on urban flood occurrence, depth, and duration have been measured and provided to the public 鈥 we鈥檙e excited to share the dashboard with communities, city agency partners, and other researchers,鈥 said Silverman, an assistant professor of environmental engineering at NYU. 鈥淲e鈥檝e heard many stories and desired use cases for the data from a variety of stakeholders, and are looking forward to seeing how these communities end up using the real-time and historic flood data.鈥

The FloodNet project overall was developed as a collaboration between researchers at the (SRIJB) at 可乐视频, NYU Tandon鈥檚 (CUSP), and the at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC), in partnership with the NYC Mayor鈥檚 Office of Climate & Environmental Justice and the NYC Office of Technology & Innovation and with the financial support of the Tier 1 U.S. Department of Transportation University Transportation Center at NYU Tandon, the NYU Marron Institute, and the .

鈥淎n exciting aspect of the Floodnet project is that we鈥檙e also using it to train the next generation of young environmental scientist and community-based stewards through the involvement of New York City-based high school, community college, and undergraduate students who help us assemble, install and maintain the sensors,鈥 said Toledo-Crow, director of the ASRC Next Generation Environmental Sensors Lab, who helped design the sensors.

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