Germany is turning abandoned coal mines into 23 lakes; the former mining landscape is becoming Europe's largest artificial wetland
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
In eastern Germany, enormous pits carved into the landscape by decades of lignite mining are being transformed into a vast network of lakes, wetlands and restored land. The Lusatian Lakeland, spread across Brandenburg and Saxony between Berlin and Dresden, is being created by flooding former open-cast mines and reshaping their surroundings.
    • PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 days ago

      Climate change is a somewhat unpredictable thing. Some places will have no, or very little, water whilst other places will have far more than they want or need. It’s one giant experiment. Yay science!