Levees among possible cause of more frequent flooding
The Mississippi River floods more often than it used to, and at higher levels. Richard Knaup thinks he knows why.
Environment
Jan 4, 2016
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News tagged with levees
New Orleans' levee system failure after Katrina has mistaken culprit
A Missouri University of Science and Technology professor has defined the elements that led to the flooding of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and has established a clear sense of responsibility in the levee system's ...
Environment
May 28, 2015
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Engineers call for national approach to flooding
An organization of civil engineers is calling for a national strategy for dealing with rising flood risks.
Environment
Sep 22, 2014
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Research sheds new light on oceanic channel-levee systems
For most Americans, levees are man-made engineering projects, rarely mentioned outside of the flooding that follows disasters like Hurricane Katrina.
Earth Sciences
Feb 25, 2014
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Flood: Rerouted levee stands the test
(Phys.org) —A restored floodplain with a high diversity of species and effective flood protection – these are the results of the large-scale nature protection project "Lenzener Elbtalaue". Under the direction of biologist ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 27, 2013
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Climate talk shifts from curbing CO2 to adapting
Efforts to curb global warming have quietly shifted as greenhouse gases inexorably rise. The conversation is no longer solely about how to save the planet by cutting carbon emissions. It's becoming more about how to save ...
Environment
Jun 16, 2013
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Marks on Martian dunes may be tracks of dry-ice sleds
(Phys.org) —NASA research indicates hunks of frozen carbon dioxide—dry ice—may glide down some Martian sand dunes on cushions of gas similar to miniature hovercraft, plowing furrows as they go.
Space Exploration
Jun 11, 2013
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Levees, removable walls in plan to protect NYC
(AP)—Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing removable flood walls for much of lower Manhattan, a permanent 15-to-20-foot levee in part of Staten Island and a system of gates and levees at a Brooklyn creek as part of a nearly ...
Environment
Jun 11, 2013
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Geologists quantify, characterize sediment carried by Mississippi flood to Louisiana's wetlands
(Phys.org)—The spring 2011 flood on the Mississippi was among the largest floods ever, the river swelling over its banks and wreaking destruction in the surrounding areas. But a University of Pennsylvania-led study also ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 13, 2013
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Geologist calls for advances in restoration sedimentology
Rapid advances in the new and developing field of restoration sedimentology will be needed to protect the world's river deltas from an array of threats, Indiana University Bloomington geologist Douglas A. Edmonds writes in ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 7, 2012
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