# Britain Is Bringing in Some Innovative Engineering to Tackle Flooding: Beavers

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/britain-is-bringing-in-some-innovative-engineering-to-tackle-flooding-beavers/
- Published: 2026-06-18T09:00:00-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo: Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) Wizna, Narew River, Poland – April 6, 2023. Photo credit: Charles J. Sharp / Sharp Photography via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0 (no modifications). Article by Mihai Andrei. ZME Science –  June 12, 2026. The Greenfield subway station (which Londoners proudly call “The Tube”) used to get flooded a lot. When heavy rain hit this part of west London, water could overwhelm the local drainage system and leave the area around the Tube station a soggy mess. Sandbags and conventional flood measures helped, but only so much. […] Click here to view original web page at www.zmescience.com Curated by Theresa Wysocki See Full Bio