GLASGOW, Nov 13 ― Glasgow was a vital cog in the machine of Britain”s Industrial Revolution, which brought the baleful impact of carbon emissions and eventually climate change to the world.
According to Peter Robinson, chief engineer of Scottish Canals, climate modelling forecasts that Glasgow’s rainfall will rise by another third in the next 50 years. The spare capacity created can then retain some of the rainwater to prevent flooding of the city centre, about 15 minutes away by foot. “Two hundred years ago timber was coming through here, stone, coal were coming through here,” Robinson said.
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