Nature, Published online: 12 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02354-8
Efforts to engineer a river to reduce flood risk might have unintentionally contributed to severe erosion of the riverbed, worsening the impact of the flood.
Nature, Published online: 12 August 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-02354-8
Efforts to engineer a river to reduce flood risk might have unintentionally contributed to severe erosion of the riverbed, worsening the impact of the flood.
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