A photo of a marshy area, showing grassy marshland interpenetrated by extremely flat and still water. The parts of the marsh that are water mirror the sky above, which is deep blue with clouds far back on the horizon

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   Clive Thompson (clive@saturation.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Dec-2024 08:36:04 JST Clive Thompson

   For dealing with climate-change-related coastal flooding, one idea has been gaining currency ...

   ... which is, don't resist the water, build high, or build dams. Instead, build canals that give the sea-swell a place to flow inland ...

   ... so it can flow in, then flow out

   Somerset, UK has done this with great success

   The canals have prevented flooding that used to strand villages ...

   ... and it has rebooted the area's "salt marshes"

   Item #10 in my latest "Linkfest": https://buttondown.com/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-26-cryptophasia-wigner-crystals-and-how/