New York is building a wall to hold back the ocean

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Climate change is leading to increasingly violent storms. Can seawalls hold back floods?

Staten Island recently received funding for a nearly 5-mile-long seawall to protect its coast. But the plan raises a lot of questions. We’re living in a dangerously dynamic world: Hurricanes are getting worse, wildfires are rampant in California, extreme heat is melting roads in India, and sea levels continue to rise. Will a wall really be enough to protect our coastal cities?

Alissa Walker from Curbed talked to us about how it’s too late to stop the changing climate, but not too late to change how we think about infrastructure.

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The US should call the Dutch. They know a thing or two about flood and storm protection.

Lowtin
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Rest of the world: thinks critically to solve the problem
AMERICA: BUILD WALLS

jireh
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New York is going to look like the city in attack on titan if this keeps going on.

ratman
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Bruh, yall doin everything exept stopping climate change

honos
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They should ask the Dutch for help. Like. They’re literally the experts in this

shiveerramphal
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Rename New York to new Amsterdam once again and your problem will be solved instantly

Onneukbaar
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It's like putting a band-aid on a severed limb.

BiodegradableYTP
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People : Seawater is illegally immigrating President.

Trump : Build a damn wall

potato
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Walls dont work. The water will just use ladders to climb over.. oh wait

TotesMAGoats
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Jokes on you I live in the middle of the country

djwrldwide
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Looks like New York City is honoring its Dutch heritage.

jannestiemes
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this sounds like the equivalent of putting a band aid on for an open heart surgery

zakinthos
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Finally, they are going the Dutch way.


Like Josh said, It's coming full circle lmao

KY-dggp
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I heard if the ocean doesnt agree to pay for it there will be serious tariff consequences.

bepowerification
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Tsunami: **im gonna end this whole man’s career**

californianunionmapper
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NYC needs to hire an army of Dutch engineers. They'll take care of any flooding problem imaginable. But it maybe a "🐎 out of the barn" scenario if we don't tackle climate change seriously.

Jon.A.Scholt
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We're going to build a sea wall _and we're going to make the oil companies pay for it!_

oh wait...

korakys
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Human vs Nature, we all know the result.

touffiksteven
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Humans: Builds walls
Nature: But can you keep up?

deeb
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'in the small borough of staten island' BIGGER THAN MANHATTAN LMAO

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