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http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/545 The 2011 Mississippi River flood was among the largest and most damaging to occur along this waterway in the past century....
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Jumpt to 1:55 if you want to skip the ad for USGS, jump to 6 minutes if you want to see some of the sediment cores themselves. The flood event dropped several cenitmeters of fresh sediment. We need more floods like this!!!
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The Netherlands has held back the sea for centuries; now it is letting it in, as the Dutch realize they are facing a losing battle.
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We need a much better model of coastal adaptation than most folks are currently envisioning. |
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Tons of Californians arrested at White House climate change protest
PIRatE Lab's insight:
The XL issue remains a smoldering, contentious issue that folks see as something of a line in the sand (not that we haven't had these before).
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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.
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As you're all probably well aware, the shit-covered Carnival cruise ship finally arrived in Mobile, Alabama earlier tonight. CNN dropped all other news to cover the event as though it were some sort of national disaster, which it clearly isn't. |