Swimming With Sharks in the Maldives
Maldivians are changing their attitudes towards sharks, sparking a tourism boom. Tourists bring plastic, creating a waste disposal problem.
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Rural Alaska Has a Bridge Problem as Permafrost Thaws and Crossing River Ice Gets Riskier with Climate Change
In Alaska, bridges face a unique and growing set of problems as the planet warms.
Read more...Indigenous Resistance Instrumental in Stopping High-Profile Fossil Fuel Projects, Says Report
“The longer you fight them, the better chance you have.”
Read more...There’s One Surefire Way to End Big Sewage Spills: End Big Sewage
Massive, centralized facilities make for massive, centralized catastrophes — and the risk of public health and ecological disasters.
Read more...Removing Urban Highways Can Improve Neighborhoods Blighted by Decades of Racist Policies
Urban planning has been used to classify, segregate and compromise people’s opportunities based on race. Highway removal can improve urban neighborhoods.
Read more...Northeast Pummeled with Colossal Flooding, Destructive Tornadoes
Ida’s epic flooding is likely to become part of an extreme weather new normal.
Read more...The Fragility of the New York City Subway System
What if Hurricane Sandy was only the beginning?
Read more...How a National Infrastructure Program Would Protect Americans From Hurricanes
Biden’s infrastructure plan includes defending flood and hurricane vulnerable areas, when saving all of them may not be the right answer.
Read more...US History Shows Spending on Infrastructure Doesn’t Always End Well
Despite promoters’ claims, infrastructure projects often aren’t great public successes.
Read more...It’s Time for a New International Space Treaty
With satellite traffic increasing and space tourism set to take off, the laws governing space are due for an overhaul.
Read more...A 20-Foot Sea Wall Won’t Save Miami – But Living Structures Can
How to rescue Miami…and other coastal cities that will otherwise be largely under water.
Read more...New York City Subway Flooding Demonstrates Transit System Vulnerability to Climate Change
More frequent and severe New York City subway floods demonstrate how climate change is crippling critical infrastructure.
Read more...Australian Funds Take Aim at Private Equity by Moving to Do Deals in House
More challenges to private equity firms, now from super sized Australian “super” funds who are bringing PE in house.
Read more...Book Review: America’s Long Struggle to Tame Its Greatest Rivers
Rivers are live entities. Alter its flow, and a river will respond — though it might take humans time to notice.
Read more...Parking Reform Could Reenergize Downtowns – Here’s What Happened When Buffalo Changed its Zoning Rule
Rezoning cities to prioritize people instead of parking would free more space for affordable housing and encourage use of public transportation.
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