Want to prevent California’s looming flood disaster? Grow a marsh.
Grist
OCTOBER 9, 2019
River and marsh bottoms typically have low oxygen levels, which slows the decomposition of organic material that collects there. That organic material contains copious amounts of carbon. When Jones Tract, a delta island, flooded in 2004, the damage cost $90 million to fix. Nor is the flooding of delta islands unprecedented.
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