The largest US dam-removal effort to date has begun
As US dams age, removal is always an option—and it can be done well.
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Read more: California Could Solve Its Water Woes by Flooding Its Best FarmlandThis story was originally published by Grist and co-published with Fresnoland. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.Read more…
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What Happens When the Flood Insurance Market Goes Underwater?
Read more: What Happens When the Flood Insurance Market Goes Underwater?This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. This story is the second in a four-part Grist series examining how climate change is destabilizing the global insurance market. It is published in partnership wit…
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South Korea Overwhelmed by a Catastrophic Monsoon Season
Read more: South Korea Overwhelmed by a Catastrophic Monsoon SeasonTorrential downpours in South Korea late last week have flooded roads and underpasses and sparked landslides throughout the country. Homes have been damaged, trees have been knocked over, and flights have been canceled.Read more…
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We Pump So Much Groundwater, We’ve Shifted The World’s Tilt and Contributed to Sea Level Rise
Read more: We Pump So Much Groundwater, We’ve Shifted The World’s Tilt and Contributed to Sea Level RiseWe’ve been sucking the earth dry, and it’s starting to change how our planet works. A study published this month in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, explains that we’ve extracted so much damn water out of the ground, it has changed the planet’…
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Arizona Drought Pushes Phoenix to Hit Pause on Construction Projects
Read more: Arizona Drought Pushes Phoenix to Hit Pause on Construction ProjectsArizona officials may not be able to approve new construction in some of the fastest-growing parts of the Phoenix metropolitan area that rely on groundwater in response to dwindling supply. the Associated Press reported.Read more…
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Photos Show the Extreme Impact of Italy’s Deadly Floods
Read more: Photos Show the Extreme Impact of Italy’s Deadly FloodsParts of Northeast Italy remain under a red weather alert after devastating rains swept through the area last week. More than six months’ worth of water fell from the sky in just 36 hours in the region of Emilia-Romagna and parts of neighboring Marche….
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The World’s Lakes Are Shrinking
Read more: The World’s Lakes Are ShrinkingThe world’s largest lakes are rapidly shrinking, endangering a critical freshwater source for people around the world. In a new study published in the journal Science, researchers looked at satellite imagery to see that more than half of the world’s l…
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Popular Yosemite Campsites Closed for Second Day Amid Snowmelt Flood Risk
Read more: Popular Yosemite Campsites Closed for Second Day Amid Snowmelt Flood RiskSeveral popular campsites in California’s Yosemite National Park are closed for the second day, as park officials prepare for potential flooding throughout the area this week. Read more…
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Photos: Spain Turns to Mass Prayer, Fish Relocations Amid Extreme Drought
Read more: Photos: Spain Turns to Mass Prayer, Fish Relocations Amid Extreme DroughtIt’s so dry in Spain, communities in the Catalan region asking for divine intervention.Read more…
