floods
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Infrastructure Weak: Michigan Dam Collapse Vividly Captures The Dangers Of Trump Deregulation
The dam failures that flooded entire swaths of Michigan on Wednesday didn’t just happen by chance. Boyce Hydro, the company that owns the two dams, has a history of ignoring U.S. federal regulations designed to prevent disasters like the floods from happening.
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Prehistoric Humans Built A Wall To Keep Out The Sea, But It Failed
A 7,000-year-old seawall has been discovered off the Israeli coast, and it’s now the oldest-known defence against rising sea levels. The seawall eventually failed, and the village had to be abandoned, in what’s serving as an ominous lesson from the past.
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Americans Are Already Moving Away From The Rising Water’s Edge
The U.S. is slowly being gripped by a barriers won’t be enough to keep floodwaters at bay.
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Climate Change Is Making Hurricane Scale Obsolete
One of the things you can count on in the wake of a hurricane making landfall is people clamoring for a new classification system. Like clockwork, that’s what’s happening with Florence. And frankly, the discussion has never been more urgent thanks to climate change.