Can We Engineer Cities to Save Us From Climate Change?
The Cryosphere showed how the collapse of two Aru glaciers are altering the landscape — slowly melting into two nearby lakes, and causing the water levels to swell. Eventually the lakes — called Aru Co and Memar Co — could merge into one within the next decade. "A scenario like that could significantly change the regional landscape and disrupt local ecosystems," wrote study co-author Tandong Yao of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in a statement, according to a Scientific American report. "That's why we need to watch the two lakes more closely in case of such changes." No one could h...