How does the Thames Barrier fit into the evolution of engineering and the river?
How hard to find scientific records on the Thames from centuries or even decades ago? Can we compare temperature, algae count, width, or flow?
Most of the Great Stink focused on sewer and dead bodies, how much did industry make a difference? “defiled by greed and speculation?”
Who stood to lose if the Thames was cleaned up, or behaviors changed?
What did Britain stand to lose if money were put into the clean-up project and not something else> Immigration, Crimean War? What else was going on?
Parallels between the rise of inhabitants on the Thames Western side, and the rise of the inhabitants of the Pacific’s eastern side today?
We understand where new water comes from, where does new air come from? Can we help by planting the best plants, and making them trendy?
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