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Environmental News Network -- Know Your Environment
Commercial real estate owners and managers, as well as their tenants, are increasingly exposed to impacts of flooding, such as a higher potential for property damage, business disruptions and loss of life.
A new report finds that mangroves provide valuable flood risk benefits and play a critical role in protecting coastal communities in Florida.
For three hurricane seasons in a row, storms with record-breaking rainfall have caused catastrophic flooding in the southern United States: Harvey in 2017, Florence in 2018 and Imelda in 2019.
Likelihood of an abrupt increase in wildfires also noted.
Researchers show that variations in coastal subsidence caused by the 1700 earthquake may be due to the locations of these subevents.
Almost one third of Canadians live near a major road — and this means they go about their everyday lives exposed to a complex mixture of vehicle air pollutants.
