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http://gallery.usgs.gov/videos/545 The 2011 Mississippi River flood was among the largest and most damaging to occur along this waterway in the past century.... No comment yet.
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The Netherlands has held back the sea for centuries; now it is letting it in, as the Dutch realize they are facing a losing battle.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
We need a much better model of coastal adaptation than most folks are currently envisioning. |
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The spring 2011 flood on the Mississippi was among the largest floods ever, the river swelling over its banks and wreaking destruction in the surrounding areas.
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As you're all probably well aware, the shit-covered Carnival cruise ship finally arrived in Mobile, Alabama earlier tonight. CNN dropped all other news to cover the event as though it were some sort of national disaster, which it clearly isn't. |
Jumpt to 1:55 if you want to skip the ad for USGS, jump to 6 minutes if you want to see some of the sediment cores themselves. The flood event dropped several cenitmeters of fresh sediment. We need more floods like this!!!