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Podcast: Engineering Matters
Episode: #116 Climate Change: Islands on the Frontline
Description: Island states are at the forefront of climate change. Rising sea levels mean more coastal erosion, overtopping of defences and salinification of land. More frequent and devastating severe weather events are disrupting everyday life and acidification of the ocean is impacting on fishing. It is happening now, not in decades to come.
From atolls in the Pacific Ocean to the coast of Northern Ireland we find out how technology such as Lidar – light detection and ranging, is helping island nations to become more resilient and adapt to the effects of climate change. We learn that data is cri...