Which cities are most at risk of flooding?

2022-10-29 02:21:08

Coastal Cities Are at Highest Risk of Damaging Floods. The study lists the 10 most vulnerable cities when measured as percentage of GDP as: 1) Guangzhou; 2) New Orleans; 3) Guayaquil, Ecuador; 4) Ho Chi Minh City; 5) Abidjan; 6) Zhanjing; 7) Mumbai; 8) Khulna, Bangladesh; 9) Palembang, Indonesia; and 10) Shenzen.

Climate change, rapid urbanization and land subsidence are putting coastal cities at increasing risk of dangerous and costly flooding, according to a new study calculating future urban flood losses.

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Why are so many wars happening right now?

2026-03-14 15:04:30

Because of the recession, because of the expectation of quick victories, because of ambitions

Sometimes war is used to distract from internal problems. The struggle for resources (oil, gas, water, rare metals) intensifies. This is especially noticeable in regions with unstable politics. Very often wars begin when a country's leadership believes that victory will be quick and cheap. For example, Russia-Ukraine. Sometimes countries start a war when they believe the international situation is favorable to them. Like the USA-Iran or USA-Venezuela. Regional conflicts and escalation. Like India-Pakistan, Israel-Gaza Strip, Cambodian-Thai conflict, Afghan-Pakistani war.

After the end of the Cold War in 1991, the world became less predictable. Previously, two superpowers — the United States of America and the Soviet Union — restrained each other. Now several centers of power are emerging: China, Russia, the USA, regional powers like Iran and Turkey. When forces are distributed among many players, there are usually more conflicts.

When can China dominate the semiconductor industry?

2023-01-19 08:30:36

In 2042

Although China allocates 3 times more funds to microelectronics than its main competitors. China is currently dependent on US technology, and to overtake the US, it needs to create a new conductor technology. Such technology will be invented by 2040

The U.S. is already creating some tensions with its partners and will not be able to block the supply of key components to China in the future

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When will a quantum computer be developed for personal use?

2024-05-03 10:39:08

A fundamentally new chip manufacturing technology will be developed by 2040

The current chip printing technology will exhaust its resource

Some scientists believe that in real work, a quantum computer has no advantages over an ordinary powerful computer