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fromenglish.elpais.com
1 week ago

Cartagena de Indias is sinking: What can the city do to mitigate it?

recent scientific studies have recorded an average annual rise of seven millimeters over the past two decades. This is the second-highest sea level rise in the entire Caribbean, surpassed only by areas in southern Haiti. The underlying story is the same: greenhouse gas emissions have accelerated the melting of the polar ice caps. Consequently, the coastlines in some of these locations begin to subside in a geological process that poses a threat and a source of anxiety for residents.
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fromTechCrunch
2 months ago

Exclusive: How one founder plans to save cities from flooding with terraforming robots | TechCrunch

Terranova proposes lifting sinking urban land by injecting a wood-waste slurry underground to reverse subsidence and reduce flood risk far cheaper than seawalls.
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