In NYC’s Basement Apartments, Deadly Flood Risks Remain
One year after Hurricane Ida, tenants in below-ground units are still vulnerable to storm flooding — as are 25% of the city’s residential lots. Bloomberg CityLabSeptember 1, 2022 One year […]
Category Archives: Water
The Future of Wine: Very, Very Dry
New York Times September 23, 2019 MITZPE RAMON, Israel — In the Negev Desert, the sun beats down on a parched landscape of brown, undulating hills. But on a parcel […]
Rescuing Sea Turtles From Fishermen’s Nets
New York Times October 15, 2018 WATAMU, Kenya — The young hawksbill turtle was accidentally caught in a net in the Indian Ocean off Kenya’s coast. GO TO ARTICLE The fisherman […]
Bangladesh Tanneries Fined, Ordered to Move
Voice of America June 21, 2016 DHAKA— Amid rows of low buildings in this corner of Dhaka, the stench of flesh hangs in the air. On the street, a man pushes […]
Climate Change-Ready Rice Keeps Farmers’ Fields Fertile
NPR (National Public Radio) June 4, 2015 In southern Bangladesh, bright green rice paddies stretch into the distance. But in the village of Gholgholia, rice in one paddy grows unevenly. […]
Catching Waves and Turning Them Into Electricity
New York Times April 22, 2015 MELBOURNE, Australia — Off the coast of Western Australia, three big buoys floating beneath the ocean’s surface look like giant jellyfish tethered to the […]
In Australia, New Tibetan Migrants Learn to Swim
Voice of America April 10, 2015 SYDNEY—Australia’s largest community of Tibetan refugees is based in a beach town in Sydney. In their new home far from the Himalayas, hundreds of […]
Looks swell: A new project off the coast of Australia may make wave power a reality
The Economist March 14, 2015 | MELBOURNE | From the print edition NO LAND stands between Antarctica and Australia’s west coast—just a vast ocean, rippled and rocked by the Roaring […]
Bangladesh’s Trained Fishing Otters Fade as Catches Dwindle
Voice of America KHULNA, BANGLADESH— In southwest Bangladesh, fishermen get help from unusual partners: river otters. For generations, fishermen have trained river otters to catch fish. But the rare tradition […]
Farming on Water to Prevent the Effects of Climate Change
The Floating Gardens of Bangladesh New York Times November 18, 2014 Photo Villagers in northwest Bangladesh tending a floating farm. Credit Amy Yee CHARBHANGURA, Bangladesh — Each year the brown […]
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