Science

Watching Canberra’s Cotter Dam Overflow Via Webcam Is Hypnotic And Terrifying [Updated]

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Webcams can bring us all sorts of images, whether they’re shots of Antarctic penguins or the top of Mount Everest. Or my evening’s viewing, which I wasn’t quite planning on but can’t tear myself away from: Watching the partially constructed Cotter Dam in Canberra overflow with water.


May 20, 2011
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This Is What Keeps The Netherlands Dry

The Netherlands used to flood a lot. Rather than just grow gills and be done with the matter, the Dutch blew a bunch of cash on a massive set of levees, then added this monumental storm surge protector up front.