Climate change puts pressure on London defences
From Reuters today: Climate change puts pressure on London defences
London is mustering its flood defences more often as global warming raises sea levels, the UK government’s chief scientific adviser, David King, told a Reuters conference on climate change and investment.
“The biggest indicator of change that is already happening is usage of the Thames Barrier,” King told the conference late on Monday.
“The Thames Barrier was designed to be used once every two or three years and in that period after it was built in 1980 it was indeed used once every two or three times a year. We’re now using it six times a year.”
- DS
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