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Geology: Erosion Prevention In Action - March 29th 2018

Original post by @biffybirdcam

My goal was to prevent any more erosion and transportation of sediment from the drainage path into the basin. I want to keep the sediment out of the basin as best I can, and as of now I think I have a pretty good setup. As can bee seen in the video, rocks and dirt and sediment are all swept downstream in the torrent of rushing water, even though it is such a small volume of flow there is always scouring from the water because the dirt is so loose as it is. So I was noticing before I had reworked the drainage path, that there was a ton of sludge formi...

Ecology: Part #17 Strategies to reduce environmental damage that results by tsunami earthquakes and waves

Original post by @rabo

Environmental damage caused by earthquakes and Tsunami waves can cause damage to settlements and ecosystems of the environment, especially coastal areas. If you look at the condition of environmental management in Indonesia in particular. Coastal areas are quite apprehensive where there is massive control and exploitation of natural resources consequently ecosystem ligkungan existing in the coastal areas are not able to dampen the magnitude of the tsunami that occurred at that time. Strategies of natural changes in geology can be used as a guide to read and understand the signs of nature. Spatial planning based on the concept of sustainable development can also help...

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