Flooding can help resurrect wetlands and slow climate change – here's how
Flooding isn't always destructive – it can be part of our toolkit for restoring ecosystems.
George Heritage, Honorary Research Fellow in Hydromorphology, University of Salford •
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Nov. 25, 2020 • ~7 min
Nov. 25, 2020 • ~7 min
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Homes are flooding outside FEMA's 100-year flood zones, and racial inequality is showing through
New risk models show nearly twice as many properties are at risk from a 100-year flood today than the government's flood maps indicate.
Kevin T. Smiley, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Louisiana State University •
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Sept. 24, 2020 • ~8 min
Sept. 24, 2020 • ~8 min
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