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Study: People are moving to flood-prone areas, not away from them

Grist

In January 2003, Tropical Cyclone Delfina dropped heavy rains over Malawi and Mozambique, causing devastating flooding. Floodplains are expanding into new areas with dense populations due to sea-level rise and land-use change, but the researchers also think people are building at an accelerated pace in flood-prone areas.

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Environmental Literacy: Altering Humanity’s Course

Green Technology

Everything in the news about global warming, pollution, and sea level rise, that’s one side of the story. The biggest thing I wanted students to walk away with was that humans can have a beneficial impact on the environment. But humans have incredible ingenuity.