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Why straightened rivers worsen floods

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331K views 8 months ago #flooding #wetlands #riverrestoration
Floods threaten more people globally than any other natural hazard. But nature offers a solution to this problem. A region in Germany’s east has been training local forests to absorb more water. #flooding #riverrestoration #wetlands We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess. Follow Planet A on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dw_planeta?la... Credits: Report: Anne-Sophie Brändlin  Camera: Marco Borowski / Mathias Wolff Video editor: Neven Hillebrands  Supervising Editor: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann / Kiyo Dörrer Fact check: Jennifer Collins Thumbnail: Em Chabridon Chapters: 00:00 I …...more
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Why straightened rivers worsen floods
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Sep 62024
Floods threaten more people globally than any other natural hazard. But nature offers a solution to this problem. A region in Germany’s east has been training local forests to absorb more water. #flooding #riverrestoration #wetlands We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess. Follow Planet A on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dw_planeta?la... Credits: Report: Anne-Sophie Brändlin  Camera: Marco Borowski / Mathias Wolff Video editor: Neven Hillebrands  Supervising Editor: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann / Kiyo Dörrer Fact check: Jennifer Collins Thumbnail: Em Chabridon Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:43 We messed up rivers 02:57 Training forests  06:04 Revitalizing old water courses  10:55 What’s the price  12:26 Transferring knowledge Read more: The flood situation in Europe: https://www.gfz-potsdam.de/en/press/n... https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news... How we have messed up rivers: https://joint-research-centre.ec.euro... https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/en/top... http://lrlr.landscapeonline.de/Articl... https://www.nature.com/articles/s4158... https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.c... https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s... How river and floodplain restoration reduces flood risk: https://www.igb-berlin.de/en/news/bet... https://www.ecrr.org/River-Restoratio... https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/en/top... https://www.eea.europa.eu/publication... https://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/... https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topi... European networks restoring wetlands https://restore4life.eu/ https://www.spongeboost.eu/

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