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Sinking Sacramento Delta puts Californians at risk
In California, 30 million people could be without drinking water under a doomsday scenario that envisions the breaching of the levees surrounding the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta. Right now, the delta is sinking.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readIn California, 30 million people could be without drinking water under a doomsday scenario that envisions the breaching of the levees surrounding the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta. Right now, the delta is sinking. It's now 10 feet below sea level. And the levees are threatened by rising sea levels from climate change.
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The full episode
2 of 5Stressed about climate change? How to cope- 0:00California regulators approve controversial carbon offset plan
- 9:00Sinking Sacramento Delta puts Californians at riskYou’re reading this
- 17:12Helping students cope with stress around climate change
- 24:50Ad Astra:' space, fatherhood, and identity
- 40:27Will the New England Patriots oust Antonio Brown?