Expanding a park usually means modifying an existing landscape. The designers of Pier 26 faced a far more daunting challenge: creating an entirely new one in the swift current of the Hudson River. [...]

The latest addition to Hudson River Park, this 2.5-acre expanse is the city’s only public pier dedicated to river ecology. — The New York Times

King tides—a type of perigean spring tide (there’s your science jargon)—occur when extra-high tides line up with some other meteorological anomalies. They’re not a huge deal: The water flowing over the seawall is part novelty, part nuisance. But these rare days hint at a new normal, when sea level rise will render current coastlines obsolete [...]

On January 21 and 22, the king tide will bring San Francisco’s shoreline about a foot higher than average high tide. — Wired