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The map represents the total annual building energy consumption at the block level (zoom levels 11-15) and at the taxlot level (zoom levels 16-18) for New York City, and is expressed in kilowatt hours (k Wh) per square meter of land area.

In 2005, the Canadian Climate Center used Google Earth to simulate a category 2 hurricane on top of a high tide in order to visualize how vulnerable New York City is to the kind of surge that a powerful hurricane can bring.

The World Science Festival returns to New York City June 1-5, 2011 with a sweeping array of cutting-edge science programs designed to make the esoteric understandable and the familiar fascinating.

Can one middle school’s approach transform education?

Students from New York City high schools describe their thoughts on science and how it can change the world. Schools represented include Brooklyn Tech, George Westinghouse, and New Explorations in Science, Technology & Math.