A $26 Billion Plan to Save the Houston Area From Rising Seas

This story originally appeared on Undark and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When Hurricane Ike made landfall in 2008, Bill Merrell took shelter on the second floor of a historic brick building in downtown Galveston, Texas, along with his wife, their daughter, their grandson, and two Chihuahuas. Sustained winds of 110 mph lashed […]