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How river engineering is tied to US floods [1]

While environmentalists may blame climate change for the worst floods in the Midwest since 1993, dams and river straightening have a role too.

Publication Date: 
28/06/2008
Fred Pearce [2]
New Scientist [3]
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Tags:
Rivers [4], Climate Change [5], Natural Disasters [6], Floods [7], Hydrology [8], United States Of America (US) [9]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/fred-pearce
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/new-scientist
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rivers
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/natural-disasters
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hydrology
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us