The Saudi and other Middle Eastern companies never made a secret about what they were doing. Foreign-owned agricultural land in the midwest has quadrupled over the past decade. Our politicians and state water regulators knew full well what they were doing when they sanctioned these deals.
When I explained to my neighbor that the cone represented a 67 percent probability zone for where the center of the storm might track, I could see his eyes go blank.
The problem of over pumping and land subsidence is global, driven by various combinations of ignorance and greed.
Due to climate change momentum there is a lag between stopping carbon emissions and stopping temperature increases.
Jakarta is slipping below sea level and its government announced a long-range plan to address the issue by moving to Nusantara.
Cities should include seawalls in their long-range planning process, but they also need to have a plan B.
Arctic beavers are following their instincts and, in the process, accelerating the rate of Arctic permafrost melt and carbon release.
The concept of floating homes has been taken to a new level as countries adapt to the reality of rising seas.