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The public health risks of drinking water polluted by human waste are well documented. In 2010, some 10,000 people in Haiti died and hundreds of thousands more were sickened by cholera, in an epidemic resulting from the mishandling of septic tanks at a UN Peacekeeper camp and dumping into a river. As late as the 1920s, before the advent of modern
... See moreJeff Goodell • The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World
After Valencia, nobody can say they did not know
We used to think the kind of damage wrought by recent flooding in the west of Spain was beyond imagination. Very soon, it could become the norm
Dominic Hinde9th November 2024
Walking over the bridges of the Turia river into the southern suburbs of Valencia is to cross a threshold from the present into a
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Nikki Welty • 1 card
As Zarrilli knows better than anyone, Hurricane Sandy, which hit New York City in October 2012, flooding more than 88,000 buildings in the city, killing 44 people, and causing over $19 billion in damages and lost economic activity, was a transformative event.
Jeff Goodell • The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World
Abundant Systems
Leo Guinan • 40 cards
Drty Cloudz
@malingap
Environmental Science
Anthony Abaci
@anthonyabaci
Weather
Oscar • 1 card