Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Rice U.'s Yellow River formula addresses flood risk, sustainability

05/16/2017 03:07 PM EDT

China's flood-prone Huanghe, or Yellow River

Rice University geologists studying China's Yellow River have created a new tool that could help Chinese engineers and river managerial officials better predict and prevent the river's all-too-frequent floods, which threaten as many as 80 million people.


Full story at http://news.rice.edu/2017/05/12/rice-u-s-yellow-river-formula-addresses-flood-risk-sustainability/

Source
Rice University


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