Our infrastructure can’t handle climate disasters. We need to build differently.

Photo caption: We may have to start getting out of the way of Mother Nature. John Middelkoop / Unsplash. Article by Jake Bittle. Popular Science – July 23, 2021.

It may be time to start simply moving out of the way.

Heat waves that buckle streets. Flash floods that wipe out entire towns. Wildfires that create their own weather. Even for the most plugged-in scientists, this summer’s climate disasters have come as a shock. Experts who study the climate have been ringing the alarm bells for years about the relationship between global warming and extreme weather, but each new catastrophe still seems to catch us off guard. Our homes, streets, and power grids aren’t prepared. […]

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