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Posts Tagged ‘dam safety’

High Country News | Have we underestimated the West’s super-floods?

High Country News | Have we underestimated the West’s super-floods?

"By combing the Colorado River, the Green River and others in the Southwest for sediment deposits and other flood evidence and then carbon-dating the results, Baker has concluded the short-term record severely underestimates the size and frequency [...]