• 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.de
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    17 hours ago

    Saltwater Intrusion” is going to become a fairly common story in coastal areas in a few years, to the point it becomes normal. The way everyone has just accepted fire season in the western US.

    Which, in turn, will bring more and more shady water-rights selloffs and thefts, main affecting marginalized communities.

    • shalafi@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      Saltwater went further up the Mississippi than ever last year? If not a record, it was close enough.

      For those that haven’t lived a major hurricane, floods and winds slinging salt inland is bad mojo. Issues last for decades, even given an ecosystem that can handle the occasional shock.