GregCocks · @GregCocks
612 followers · 555 posts · Server techhub.social
USGS Study Estimating A Monetary Value For Floodplain Ecosystem Services In The Chesapeake Bay And Delaware River Watersheds
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https://www.usgs.gov/centers/chesapeake-bay-activities/science/floodplains-provide-millions-dollars-benefits-every-year <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118747 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #flood #flooding #floodinnundation #innundation #extremeweather #climatechange #watersheds #floodengineering #floodplains #nutrients #sediments #sedimentation #fluvial #soils #erosion #floodwaters #agriculture #farming #economics #accounting #mitigation #tradeoffs #management #landforms #geomorphology #ecosystems #publicsafety #communityhealth #appliedscience #water #hydrology #benefits #benefitstransfer #regulation #quantification #value #loss #lossanddamage #lossadjusting #Hazus #ChesapeakeBay #DelawareRiver
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#gis #spatial #mapping #model #modeling #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #flood #flooding #floodinnundation #innundation #extremeweather #climatechange #watersheds #floodengineering #floodplains #nutrients #sediments #sedimentation #fluvial #soils #erosion #floodwaters #agriculture #farming #economics #accounting #mitigation #tradeoffs #management #landforms #geomorphology #ecosystems #publicsafety #communityhealth #appliedscience #water #hydrology #benefits #benefitstransfer #regulation #quantification #value #loss #LossAndDamage #lossadjusting #hazus #ChesapeakeBay #delawareriver
JackTheHikingCat š“ó §ó ¢ó ³ó £ó “ó æ · @JackTheCat
959 followers · 8786 posts · Server mastodon.scot@fkamiah17 Build that wall. The incomers are coming!
#Floodplains
#ShittyRivers
#LimitedRoom
#limitedroom #shittyrivers #floodplains
GregCocks · @GregCocks
553 followers · 490 posts · Server techhub.social
Arctic River Channels Changing Due To Climate Change, Scientists Discover
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https://earth.stanford.edu/news/arctic-river-channels-changing-due-climate-change-scientists-discover <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01620-9 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #hydrology #water #river #meanders #arctic #erosion #organic #carbon #floodplains #climatechange #permafrost #riverbed #Yukon #Alaska #Canada #atmosphere #warming #gischat #riverbanks #satelliteimagery #history #spatialanalysis #meander #ecosystems #vegetation #greening
#gis #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #hydrology #water #river #meanders #arctic #erosion #organic #carbon #floodplains #climatechange #permafrost #riverbed #Yukon #alaska #Canada #atmosphere #warming #gischat #riverbanks #satelliteimagery #history #spatialanalysis #meander #ecosystems #vegetation #greening
Gordon W · @gordonwhite1
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Richard Jones · @rlcj
537 followers · 489 posts · Server mstdn.social
Far too much #red, #white and #blue on display #today for my taste. So my antedote: a study in #green. #Meadow #Floodplains #Nottinghamshire #River #Trent #RiverStride
#riverstride #Trent #River #nottinghamshire #floodplains #meadow #green #today #blue #white #red
GregCocks · @GregCocks
233 followers · 293 posts · Server techhub.social
Climate Change And Crumbling Infrastructure Create A āPerfect Stormā For Americans Living In Flood Zone
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https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/3978721-climate-change-and-crumbling-infrastructure-create-a-perfect-storm-for-americans-living-in-flood-zones/ <-- shared article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0437-5 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping # #infrastructure #realestate #sustainability #climatechange #people #development #future #property #tax #maintenance #engineers #concrete #work #model #modeling #flood #flooding #naturalhazard #naturalhazards #naturaldisaster #river #rivercontrol #floodmapping #floodzones #weather #mitigation #floodcontrol #planning #risk #hazard #levees #levee #dam #riverside #oceanside #community #coastalcommunities #coastalengineering #coastalresilience #natural #engineered #floodplains
#gis #spatial #mapping #infrastructure #realestate #sustainability #climatechange #people #development #future #property #tax #maintenance #engineers #concrete #work #model #modeling #flood #flooding #naturalhazard #NaturalHazards #naturalDisaster #river #rivercontrol #floodmapping #floodzones #weather #mitigation #floodcontrol #planning #risk #hazard #levees #levee #dam #riverside #oceanside #community #coastalcommunities #coastalengineering #coastalresilience #natural #engineered #floodplains
Tut Willy š± · @tutwilly
63 followers · 681 posts · Server better.bostonLet it be noted that this post is taking credit for the renaming of the #Seaport neighborhood to the #floodplains
#seaport #floodplains #bostonma
LeibnizIGB · @LeibnizIGB
106 followers · 22 posts · Server wisskomm.socialThe #WorldWaterDay on 22 March serves as a crucial reminder that #water is an indispensable resource for life. The availability of drinking water in sufficient quantity and quality, along with many other important #ecosystem services, depends on a near-natural water cycle, intact water bodies, diverse aquatic #habitats and #species communities. Researchers at IGB are exploring how to restore #peatlands, flowing #waters and their #floodplains and #lakes: https://www.igb-berlin.de/en/news/proper-restoration-inland-waters
#worldwaterday #water #ecosystem #habitats #species #peatlands #waters #floodplains #lakes
Richard Jones · @rlcj
468 followers · 435 posts · Server mstdn.social
An open #invitation to join me on my #RiverStride #Walk this #summer. If you are passionate about #UK #rivers #past #present and #future and want to share your expertise and perspectives, just get in touch! Details and dates in the images. #EnvHist #Environment #Floods #Floodplains #Nature #LandscapeHistory #ClimateChange #Pollution #Rewilding
Boosts appreciated to spread the word.
#rewilding #Pollution #ClimateChange #landscapehistory #Nature #floodplains #floods #Environment #envhist #future #present #past #rivers #UK #Summer #walk #riverstride #invitation
Sampath PÄį¹ini Ā® ā · @paninid
565 followers · 3961 posts · Server mastodon.world
Actuaries are the worldās oldest data scientists. They literally make their living applying the scientific method to the law of large numbers: fucking around and finding out.
The result is that insurance premiums price the risk with statistical certainty.
You donāt like these rules.
Oh, well.
Fuck around and find out, then š¤·š»āāļø
#housing #insurance #actuaries #floodplains #climatechange #middleclass #datascience #FAFO #scientificmethod
#housing #Insurance #actuaries #floodplains #climatechange #middleclass #datascience #fafo #scientificmethod
Rachel Siegel · @rachelschicksiegel
475 followers · 976 posts · Server universeodon.comAn opportunity arose for #watershed #restoration:
āBut now, because Chinook, steelhead and trout are listed under the Endangered Species Act, the Bonneville Power Administration is trying to rebuild #floodplains using revenue from electricity generation.
With help from the #nonprofit Trout Unlimited, Wilson won a $1.2 million BPA grant to restore his three-quarter mile stretch of river.
In the summer of 2022, crews placed 475 trees, many complete with massive root wads, in the channel to slow water down and spread it out. They built 54 artificial #beaver dams to hold water in the floodplain and create lots of little stillwater pools. And they planted #cottonwood, #willow and #alder trees for shade.ā
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#watershed #restoration #floodplains #NonProfit #beaver #cottonwood #willow #alder
Rachel Siegel · @rachelschicksiegel
475 followers · 976 posts · Server universeodon.comāStream shape and structure
The first way beavers affect their #watershed is by changing the shape and structure of the stream and the area around it. The shape and structure are changed because beaver dams change the flow of water:
water forms a pool before the dam, which makes the stream wider and sometimes causes multiple streams
in this pool, dirt, sand, and rocks sink to the bottom. This is called #sediment. The amount of sediment depends on the depth of the stream, the height of the beaver dam, and whether the dam only covers the #stream or extends beyond it
#beavers dig side-channels on the #floodplains. A floodplain is the area around the stream that is mainly formed by sediment and easily floods. Those canals erode over time and connect during floods, which further increases the complexity of the water flow. Whether these changes persist differsā¦ā
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#watershed #sediment #stream #beavers #floodplains
Richard Jones · @rlcj
355 followers · 341 posts · Server mstdn.social
#RiverStride blog updated with #walk itinerary and comments box! https://RiverStride.Wordpress.com #Rivers #Flooding #Floodplains #History #EnvHist
#envhist #History #floodplains #flooding #rivers #walk #riverstride
Richard Jones · @rlcj
346 followers · 327 posts · Server mstdn.social
Announcing the launch of my #RiverStride walk blog: https://riverstride.wordpress.com/ #Rivers #Floods #Floodplains #History #EnvHist #HistGeog #Walking #SlowAcademia
#slowacademia #walking #histgeog #envhist #History #floodplains #floods #rivers #riverstride
Rachel Siegel · @rachelschicksiegel
407 followers · 858 posts · Server universeodon.comWhy current practices are bad: āIn straight, unobstructed waterways, controlling transportation to agricultural fields is the main objective. The force of water travelling quickly does not allow water to collect in the soil or for nutritious sediment to be deposited, so incised banks become unable to support plant life. Without roots to hold the banks together, exposed soil dries and crumbles in the heat of summer, eroding the streambanks. Braided #stream systems shrink to a single water channel, drying the surrounding land. This cycle eats away at #floodplains and #wetlands, which otherwise accumulate nutritious sediment, retain water underground (resisting evaporation), and promote #biodiversity. With natureās āspongesā gone, water and #nutrients wash out to the ocean, leaving behind arid land and lost #habitat.ā
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#stream #floodplains #wetlands #biodiversity #nutrients #habitat
Rachel Siegel · @rachelschicksiegel
402 followers · 847 posts · Server universeodon.comI love that last line! āMessiness is good in #ecology!
How we got here: āWestern expansion upset this balance. As settlers introduced new diseases and deforestation, they also introduced the concept that #waterways were most efficiently managed if they were linear, unobstructed, and moved large quantities of water. They diverted #rivers and streams into deep irrigation ditches and killed #beavers where they interfered, declaring them pests. Coupled with overharvesting for the global #fur trade, human pressure nearly extinguished beavers and the ecosystems they maintained by 1900. Of the #floodplains and #wetlands that once existed across North America, less than ten percent remain today.ā
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#ecology #waterways #rivers #beavers #fur #floodplains #wetlands
Rachel Siegel · @rachelschicksiegel
403 followers · 849 posts · Server universeodon.comāBefore the arrival of Western settlers in the early 1800s, there were as many as four hundred million #beavers in America, creating #wetland mosaics that covered almost three hundred thousand square miles of land in serene greens and glittering blues. Beavers dam up slower streams to form deep moats around their homes, creating refuges not only for themselves, but also for #plants and #animals that rely on, and co-evolved with, these dam structures. Series of dams spawn #floodplains #wetlands and #pondsāso called ābeaver complexes.ā Sheltered pools of standing water provide safety for young fish, invertebrates, and amphibians. They are also havens for threatened or rare birds, like sandhill cranes. āThe more complex the types of habitats you have, the more types of wildlife you can support,ā Clancy says. āMessiness is good in ecology.ā
#beavers #wetland #plants #animals #floodplains #wetlands #ponds
Richard Jones · @rlcj
337 followers · 305 posts · Server mstdn.social
New #boots being broken in for my #summer #walk from the #Humber #bridge to #Severn bridge. Along the #rivers of #England. If you want to join me for a short stretch to talk #rivers #floods and #floodplains, #history and the #future, just drop me a line. I will be using the hashtag #RiverStride to chronicle my journey. Iād love you to tag your #photos of #riverside #walks with #RiverStride too to share these amazingly rich, complex, beautiful and precious environments with others. #EnvHist
#envhist #Walks #riverside #Photos #riverstride #future #History #floodplains #floods #england #rivers #severn #bridge #Humber #walk #Summer #boots
Rachel Siegel · @rachelschicksiegel
337 followers · 642 posts · Server universeodon.comFrom the article: "Increased large woody material in the channel and banks also increases stream roughness, which helps to slow water down and push water out onto the floodplain, dissipating the velocity and attenuating the overall flood peak downstream."
That means less #flooding, reconnected #floodplains, more #wetlands, #habitat, and #biodiversity.
Sadly, the description doesn't mention #beavers, who could do this job for a lot less money.
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#flooding #floodplains #wetlands #habitat #biodiversity #beavers
Andrew Thompson · @greenaspen
529 followers · 3330 posts · Server mastodon.scotSpiralling cost of #Scotlandās #flood #defence programme
At the rate of current spending that would mean Ā£20billion to protect all 280,000 homes currently identified at risk.
Madness to continue pouring vast quantities of climate wrecking concrete to address a growing problem, when #nature based solutions could deliver much more benefit for vastly less money. #climateCrisis #natureBasedSolutions #catchmentRestoration #reforestation #beavers š¦« #meandering #floodplains
#floodplains #meandering #beavers #reforestation #catchmentrestoration #NatureBasedSolutions #climatecrisis #nature #defence #flood #scotland