macro engineering
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Climate Change Is Drying Up The Panama Canal
One of the world’s most important shipping routes is facing an extreme drought that threatens its ability to carry $US270 billion in cargo each year.
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There’s More To Why The Ever Given Got Stuck
Obviously, we’ve been covering the living hell out of Ever Given’s obstruction of the Suez Canal for the last few weeks. But, we haven’t talked much about why the big boat got stuck in the first place. The consensus seems to be that a sandstorm with heavy winds played a starring role and the Suez…
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Stuck Suez Canal Boat Raised Oil Prices, Because That’s Oil Folks
The most relatable meme of 2021 thus far is a stuck boat. On Tuesday, the Ever Given, an enormous shipping container boat, somehow managed to wedge itself horizontally inside the Suez Canal, effectively cutting everyone else off from passing through. As of Wednesday morning, the 400-metre-long ship was partially freed, but not before it had…