Briefly: Working with flood waters and rising seas, countries create sponge cities

CNN reports that some countries, including in Asia, are examining ways to work with floods and rising seas, not by building dams and sea walls, but by designing super-absorbent wetlands and floodplains to protect urban areas.

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