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Adaptation
Humans may devote resources to deal with climate changes that are already unavoidable, including improving levees to withstand rising sea levels, designing buildings to handle higher temperatures, and constructing dams to store water that previously was held in mountain snowpacks.
Satellite image of the southwest coast of the Netherlands, where sediment-carrying rivers have created a massive delta of islands and waterways in the gaps between coastal dunes. After unusually severe spring tides devastated this region in 1953, the Dutch built an elaborate system of dikes, canals, dams bridges, and locks to hold back the North Sea.
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America's Climate Choices
A report released May 12, 2011, from the National Research Council reiterates the pressing need for substantial action to limit the magnitude of climate change and to prepare... More »
Bicilavadora: Green Washing Machine
Last Updated on 2013-04-04 at 17:06
Bicilavadora
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In Peru, many women earn their living by washing clothes by hand, which limits the amount of laundry they can do each day.
How does it... More »
Green building
Last Updated on 2012-09-28 at 14:17
Green building is the practice of increasing the efficiency with which buildings use resources — energy, water, and materials — thereby reducing a... More »
Colorado River water supply
Last Updated on 2012-09-11 at 14:20
This curriculum module will look at the Colorado River water supply, climate issues and water extraction issues. We will study the data, the possible consequences to various... More »
National Atlas of the United States of America
Last Updated on 2012-08-21 at 17:09
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a map is worth ten thousand.
This is not like any atlas you remember.
National Atlas of the United States of... More »
IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, Working Group II:...
Last Updated on 2012-07-30 at 13:44
Originally published by our Content Partner: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (other articles)
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IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, Working Group II:...
Last Updated on 2012-07-30 at 13:44
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Executive Summary
17.1 Concepts and methods
17.2 Assessment of current adaptation... More »
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