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#floodplains — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #floodplains, aggregated by home.social.

  1. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    See The Mississippi River’s Hidden History, Uncovered By Lasers
    Using hyperprecise LiDAR data,. a cartographer [well, hydrographer!] maps the river’s bend and channels over time with mesmerizing results…
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    nationalgeographic.com/science <-- shared technical / media article
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    dancoecarto.com/ <-- shared @Daniel Coe portfolio and more
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    usace.contentdm.oclc.org/digit <-- shared Harold Fisk's 1944 USACE report, “The Alluvial Valley of the Lower Mississippi River”
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    #GIS #spatial #mapping #water #hydrography #hydrology #LiDAR #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #hydrogeomorphology #Mississippi #River #Fiske #cartography #visualisation #meandering #channels #landforms #floodplains #opendata #3DEP #topography #geomorphology #levees #dikes #oxbows #channel #paleohydrology
    #DanielCoe | @nationalgeographic | #USGS | #USACE

    #gis #spatial #mapping #water #hydrography #hydrology
  2. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Imported pests and broad-spectrum pesticide regulation

    "A “wildly toxic” chemical used to combat fire ants and the varroa mite in Australia is banned in Europe and harmful to humans – and it is poisoning waterways and killing native fauna, experts warn."

    "Australia is “a basket case” in that the chemical regulator answers to the department of agriculture, rather than to the department of health, as in Japan, the US and Europe, said Landos."

    "NSW MP Emma Hurst of the Animal Justice party said: “It is time for Australia to catch up to the rest of the world and ban fipronil.”"
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    theguardian.com/australia-news
    #pests #pesticide #regulation #fipronil #OneHealth #APVMA #neonicotinoids #floodplains #toxins #ecosystem #pollution #wildlife #biosecurity #trade

    #neonicotinoids #pests #pesticide #regulation #fipronil #onehealth
  3. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    How Freeing Rivers Can Help California Ease Flood Risks And Revive Ecosystems
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    latimes.com/environment/story/ <-- shared media article
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    #GIS #spatial #mapping #hydrology #water #california #centralvalley #rivers #floodplains #naturalsystems #flood #flooding #levees #engineering #engineeredstructures #soil #fertility #diosriosranch #modesto #treeplanting #trees #vegetation #habitat #habitatrestoration #ecosystems #ecosystemrestoration #runoff #infiltration #naturalsystems #storms #extremeweather #climatechange #rain #rainfall #precipitation #droughts #waterresources

    #gis #spatial #mapping #hydrology #water #california
  4. 💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] ·

    Climate Change And Crumbling Infrastructure Create A ‘Perfect Storm’ For Americans Living In Flood Zone
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    thehill.com/opinion/energy-env <-- shared article
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    doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-043 <-- 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