As the sea rises and storms get stronger, movable flood barriers are going to be used more often.
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Scientists correctly realised there was an increasing risk of major flooding. But they didn’t know humans were to blame.
With the collapse of the line at Dawlish in Devon cutting off railway services to Plymouth and the southwest for months, Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin MP and Network Rail chiefs were…
The assault on British coastlines by storm, flood and sea this winter is a taste of things to come. Rising sea levels and a greater risk of coastal flooding are a significant future threat. Britain is…
Brigid, another Atlantic storm, has hit Britain with heavy rain and gale-force winds, especially the already sodden west coast. The last few months have seen very wild weather, including 100mph winds during…
“Born on a perilous rock” is the title of a classic book by W J Lewis which describes Aberystwyth past and present; last weekend the town fully lived up to this description. To all intents and purposes…
Coastal and river flooding struck Britain again this week with huge waves hitting southern and western coasts and around 100 flood warnings still in place by Wednesday evening. Disturbing but, sadly, not…
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Pro-Vice Chancellor, Aberystwyth University
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Pro-Vice Chancellor, Aberystwyth University
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Head of Marine Physics and Ocean Climate, National Oceanography Centre
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Professor in sea level and flooding, University of Southampton
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