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Loads of useless dams are built as make-work projects. They soon fill up with gravel which negates any water control capacity.
The economic benefits of providing work are diminished by the destruction of habitat for many species and the large amount of energy (ie. carbon emmissions) used in transport of materials, manufacture of cement, and construction work.
ETA: I've read more recently that one of the major purposes of these dams is to reduce erosion. This may have value in some situations but I suspect that Japan is going way overboard. After all the mountains have not washed away in eons but the dam building has only been going on for a century or so. We need to be smarter about where we build homes and businesses so they aren't vulnerable to quite predictable natural hazard risks like flooding/landslides/avalanches.
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING - OCTOBER 14: Park Ranger Shannan Marcak tells Evelyn Baumgardner, 8 to raise her right hand to take the Junior Ranger oath at the Visitor Center at Old Faithful Yellowstone Park on October 14, 2025 in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. As the government shutdown hits the two-week mark, federal employees like Marcak are not receiving paychecks. Most visitior's centers in national parks are closed. (Photo by Natalie Behring/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 9: Flames from the Palisades Fire burn a residential building on Sunset Boulevard amid a powerful windstorm on January 9, 2025 in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Multiple wildfires fueled by intense Santa Ana Winds are burning across Los Angeles County. At least five people have been killed, and over 25,000 acres have burned. Over 2,000 structures have also burned and almost 180,000 people are under orders to evacuate. Apu Gomes/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Apu Gomes / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
This is the Brisbane River in Goodna, Queensland, Australia.
Taken just days after the devastating floods while I helped with the cleanup as a volunteer.
An important message about Earth Day.
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Huellas del temporal en la costa. Una vez más, queda demostrada la fuerza de la naturaleza. Y, una vez más, lamentablemente, la apatÃa generalizada del ser humano con respecto a su entorno más cercano. La naturaleza recupera lo que es suyo, y esa misma naturaleza nos devuelve nuestras propias miserias. Para reflexionar.
Al pinchar, verás la segunda parte de la serie. Primera, más arriba, y tercera, justo debajo.
An example of the long lasting environmental damage caused by reckless and deliberate skidding, wheelies etc in sensitive mudflat environment.
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During Iraq's retreat from Kuwait in early 1991, Iraqi troops set ablaze 613 oil wells. Another 157 wells gushed oil onto vast areas of land to form lakes of pure oil. The smoke plumes from the burning wells and the oil-soaked land created unprecedented environmental devastation. At the height of the oil fires, sunlight was blocked and day turned into night as seen in this daytime photo. (From evidence.org.kw)