The deadly flooding in Valencia Spain is just the latest in a spate of climate extremes that seem to have shifted into overdrive, especially in rain-weary Europe.
Intelligent people know that Israel surgical strikes don’t mean that the missile will kill only “the target,” but it means that the strike is calculated to the last millimeter with perfectly “locked” coordinates. It doesn’t matter if the target is in a 15-story building with hundreds ...
Lately, the dollar has been disappointing, possibly owing to Mexico’s super-high interest rates on deposits… it’s no wonder dollars are flooding into the country and buying up pesos in these high-interest accounts. But while not as cheap as last year, Mexico is still the #1 overseas des...
She is unused to town life, or living indoors, but has embraced it all with aplomb and enthusiasm. She’s finding it difficult to adjust to walks on a lead, eyes pigeons with mild interest (although Bretons are used in Spain for songbirds, pigeons are the only birds she sees here) ...
All of the major fires from Jan. 2025 are expected to reach 100% containment in the next two days. Rains have helped greatly but residents in burn areas are warned to beware of mudslides and possible flooding, the downside of needed moisture. The Getty Center above Brentwood is reopened (se...
is a long way from the prosaic reality of livestock farming. Western culture has fixed upon pastoralism as the epitome of harmonious living with nature when it is anything but. AsGeorge Monbiotpoints out early in his latest book,Regenesis, the real population challenge faced by the world today...
Flooding occurs most often during November and December when there is a particularly high tide combined with other factors such as high rainfall and the wind blowing water into the lagoon Venice resides in. New measures are constantly being devised to protect this unique city from turning into ...
In the absence of dredging or insufficient maintenance of existing storm water drains for sewerage and solid waste, urban areas may experience flooding every year caused by the seasonal rains. Urban flooding is generally a catastrophic event for the city dwellers, exacerbated by the high soil ...
The state’s newest such path, theLamoille Valley Rail Trail, has had a bumpy start. Devastating flooding in July 2023 caused an estimated $11 million worth of damage to the $31 million trail, delaying its grand opening by a year. It sustained some damage again in July 2024 flooding, bu...
These insights resonate with core notions in media theory, but they have never before been brought together. Given that all of our understanding of the environment today is the product of several processes of mediation, the theory of environing technology would benefit from stronger theorisation of...