As climate change amplifies urban flooding, here’s how communities can become ‘sponge cities’
US cities are doing green infrastructure, but in bits and pieces. Today’s climate-driven floods require a much broader approach to create true sponge cities that are built to soak up water.
May 7, 2024 • ~12 min
Climate change is increasing stress on thousands of aging dams across the US
More extreme rainfall and frequent storms are raising the risk that floodwaters could spill over dams, or that dams could fail.
July 13, 2023 • ~8 min
America’s aging flood control infrastructure is failing – federal funding is coming, but too often new construction relies on old data
Flood risks are rising, yet communities may spend millions of dollars in federal infrastructure funding on systems that aren’t built to handle them.
May 10, 2023 • ~9 min
Flooding from California to Florida shows cracks in America's aging infrastructure – help is coming, but fixes too often fail to anticipate future disasters
Flood risks are rising, yet communities may spend millions of dollars in federal infrastructure funding on systems that aren’t built to handle them.
May 10, 2023 • ~9 min
Federal money is coming to fix aging flood control systems – cities need to spend it in ways that anticipate future disasters
Flood risks are rising, yet communities may spend millions of dollars in federal infrastructure funding on systems that aren’t built to handle them.
May 10, 2023 • ~9 min
Federal money is coming to fix aging flood control systems – but plans all too often reflect historical patterns and not future risks
As federal funding for infrastructure rolls in, communities run the risk of spending millions of dollars on systems that aren’t built to handle the flood risks ahead.
May 10, 2023 • ~9 min
What is a flash flood? A civil engineer explains
As recent deluges in St. Louis and Kentucky show, flash flooding can happen in urban and rural areas, with deadly results in either setting.
Aug. 2, 2022 • ~5 min
Climate change threatens drinking water quality across the Great Lakes
Warmer waters, heavier storms and nutrient pollution are a triple threat to Great Lakes cities' drinking water. The solution: Cutting nutrient releases and installing systems to filter runoff.
April 29, 2020 • ~11 min
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