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BBC saying London could become a sponge city 10:21 - May 20 with 575 views

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c51ngn55gz4o

Surely London has been sponging off the four nations (and the rest of the World) for centuries already...

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BBC saying London could become a sponge city on 14:30 - May 20 with 306 views

CoachRob

It's not very spongy according to the report and vulnerable to fluvial and pluvial flooding events as well as SLR exacerbated by storm surges. It seems strange that such a strategically important city for the UK is left without appropriate adaptation when some of these schemes seem relatively low cost and improve general well-being.

Paper here on the intensification of rainfall due to warming and cloud feedbacks by the brilliant Hayley Fowler and colleagues.

https://www.met.reading.ac.uk/~sgs02rpa/PAPERS/Fowler21NatureRev.pdf

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