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United Kingdom: Flooding: five lessons we have learned

2014-02-02 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: For centuries flood protection has meant building ever higher walls and radically straightening and clearing rivers, to rush water ever faster to the sea. But a more crowded island, rising sea levels and increasing extreme weather caused by climate change mean the hard engineering approach is hitting its limit. Dredging is a prime example: experts say it would not have prevented flooding in the Somerset Levels, nor drained the water significantly quicker. A desire for immediate action is understandable,...

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