Tag: floods
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What’s being done to restore wetlands?
Photo: As part of wetland restoration in New Jersey, teams intentionally added sediment. These additions to a degraded coastal marsh improved conditions for plant growth. Credit: Tim Welp/Christine VanZomeren Wetlands are fun places to get muddy, enjoy the outdoors, and listen for birdsongs. They provide important habitat for wildlife, and for recreation. You’ve likely seen…
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CAFOs: The Scary New Math of Factory Farm Waste
CAFOs often store animal waste in massive, open-air lagoons, like this one at Vanguard Farms in Chocowinity, North Carolina. Bacteria feeding on the animal waste turns the mixture a bright pink. picstever / Flickr / CC BY-ND 2.0 It has been almost a year since Hurricane Florence slammed the Carolinas, dumping a record 30 inches…
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Midwest flooding threatens the water safety in 1 million wells
Photo source: CNN Record flooding in the Midwest is now threatening the safety of more than a million private water wells. The National Ground Water Association estimates that people living in more than 300 counties across 10 states have their groundwater threatened from bacterial and industrial contamination carried by flood waters. The 10 states include:…
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How the 2019 winter washed away California’s drought
Photo: Aerial view of snow-capped Sierra Nevada mountains. Credit: NOAA Monday, March 25th 2019, 11:47 am – Every major reservoir in the state is above historic revels, and there are some that are completely full Last week marked the first time since December 2011 that California has been free of drought conditions, breaking a 376-week…
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Flood-Resilient Homes in Pakistan: A Traditional Future
Yasmeen Lari is Pakistan’s first female architect and one of the most successful providers of disaster relief shelters in the world. She has built more than 36,000 houses for victims of floods and earthquakes in Pakistan since 2010. Lari once built giant concrete and steel buildings for clients such as the Pakistani State Oil company.…
