184

submitted 1 year ago by Passima@reddthat.com to c/geography@mander.xyz

20 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] bioemerl@kbin.social -2 points 1 year ago

Both.

Wetlands aren't built to protect human life, they will still enable floods to happen regularly. You can build human infrastructure up to the point that a flood is either impossible or next to impossible.

Also dams and other water maintenance infrastructure is critical to ensuring that we don't run out of water in times of drought which is going to be more and more and more important as time goes on especially in the west as global warming dries it up

But at the end of the day weekends biodiversity is important, the fact that they act as carbon sinks is important, and they should still be preserved.

this post was submitted on 17 Sep 2023

184 points (98.4% liked)

Geography

1058 readers

5 users here now

Welcome to c/Geography @ Mander.xyz!

Geography is just physics slowed down, with a couple of trees stuck in it. - Terry Pratchett

Notice Board

2023-06-13: We are looking for mods. Send a dm to @fossilesque@mander.xyz if interested! This is a work in progress, please don't mind the mess.

Geography is the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments. Geographers explore both the physical properties of Earth’s surface and the human societies spread across it. They also examine how human culture interacts with the natural environment and the way that locations and places can have an impact on people. Geography seeks to understand where things are found, why they are there, and how they develop and change over time. Read more...

Rules