by shimi | Apr 24, 2025 | Ecosystems, Flooding
“Fighting Louisiana Floodwaters With Patches of Green,” New York Times (gift link) Bioswales and other green stormwater infrastructure can provide multiple benefits, including flood mitigation, water-quality improvement, heat mitigation, and groundwater recharge (less...
by shimi | Apr 24, 2025 | Dams, Ecosystems
“On a Dammed River, Amazon Villagers Fight to Restore the Flow,” Yale E360. The construction of the Belo Monte Dam on the Xingu River has devastated the ecology and indigenous communities of the “Volta Grande” (Big Bend); those communities are trying to force...
by shimi | Apr 1, 2025 | Dams, Ecosystems
February 2025: “Why a mega river-linking plan has sparked massive protests in India,” BBC. India’s long-planned “river interlinking project” would create new dams and aqueducts throughout the country to move water from rivers that are...
