http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Sat, 18 May 2013 04:43:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/11/09/asia%e2%80%99s-motown-meets-waterworld-the-global-water-supply-chain-crisis/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/11/09/asia%e2%80%99s-motown-meets-waterworld-the-global-water-supply-chain-crisis/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:08:33 +0000 Lakis Polycarpou http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=19869 Since July, an almost unceasing torrent of rain has soaked Thailand, flooding farms, roads, factories, and finally Bangkok itself, a city of some 12 million people; so far at least 500 people have died. To date the government has ordered evacuations of 12 of the city’s 50 districts, even as water continues to creep through [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/11/09/asia%e2%80%99s-motown-meets-waterworld-the-global-water-supply-chain-crisis/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/12/ohio-and-mississippi-river-floods-in-photos/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/12/ohio-and-mississippi-river-floods-in-photos/#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 13:20:50 +0000 Lakis Polycarpou http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=14436 Heavy rains over the American South and Midwest have deluged the region, causing unprecedented flood damage. View photos of the event from around the web.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/12/ohio-and-mississippi-river-floods-in-photos/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/02/here-comes-the-flood-the-army-corps-prepares-to-blow-the-levies-to-save-cairo-illinois/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/02/here-comes-the-flood-the-army-corps-prepares-to-blow-the-levies-to-save-cairo-illinois/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 19:53:09 +0000 Lakis Polycarpou http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=14329 The US Army corps of Engineers is preparing to blow up levees on the Ohio River near Bird’s Point Missouri in order to save the town of Cairo, Illinois.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/02/here-comes-the-flood-the-army-corps-prepares-to-blow-the-levies-to-save-cairo-illinois/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/22/%e2%80%9cyou-are-misinformed%e2%80%9d-planning-for-flood-regime-change/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/22/%e2%80%9cyou-are-misinformed%e2%80%9d-planning-for-flood-regime-change/#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:30:27 +0000 Lakis Polycarpou http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=13755 Lately a lot of people are wondering just how helpful the 100-year flood benchmark really is, as places seem to be getting hit by 100-year floods all the time.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/22/%e2%80%9cyou-are-misinformed%e2%80%9d-planning-for-flood-regime-change/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/12/before-the-flood%e2%80%94predicting-the-deluge/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/12/before-the-flood%e2%80%94predicting-the-deluge/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:00:07 +0000 Lakis Polycarpou http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=13525 The Columbia Global Flood Project is based on the conviction that while human beings may not have direct control of where and how much rain falls, there is a great deal more that can be done to manage the risk of extreme flooding around the world.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/12/before-the-flood%e2%80%94predicting-the-deluge/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/06/03/adaptive-strategies-in-managing-climate-change-risk/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/06/03/adaptive-strategies-in-managing-climate-change-risk/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:15:07 +0000 Adrian Soghoian http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/climate/?p=645 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/06/03/adaptive-strategies-in-managing-climate-change-risk/feed/ 0