The urban expansion along the coast often results in ground sealing of coastline which disturbs natural erosion dynamics and tidal movements and increases flood risk in close proximity to the river channels susceptible to storms (Alfredini et al. 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015).
It's also the country where seal penises established their magical strength-enhancing qualities: During the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Chinese competitors were discovered taking Dalishen Oral Liquid, a since discontinued brand of oil capsules containing pressed and ground seal penises and testicles.
These include lined lagoons, chemical fixation of sludge, and ground sealing.
Cities are constantly migrating and metabolizing, leaving behind industrial legacy and environmental degradation to be remediated by future generations; legacies of toxic waste, polluted ground waters, sealed soils, powsy land and degraded ecosystems.
For £4.30 you can buy a box of four disposable coffee cups, pre-filled with a mix of instant coffee and ground coffee sealed under some tin foil.
Once the biodigester was in the ground, we sealed up the openings, brought over a motorcylce, and started filling it with exhaust, both to make sure it had no leaks and remove the oxygen from inside.
The newspaper printing machinery was on the ground floor, sealed studios on the upper floors and offices on glass walled floors surrounded by balconies.
Pecorino cheese with fava beans in the spring is popular and if you can, find the strong variety of pecorino called formaggio di Fossa -- it is aged in limestone holes in the ground and sealed up till ripe.
Strategies against radon rely on radiation detectors and implementation of radon-resistant features; for example, houses in potentially high exposure zones should be equipped with pipes to vent radon gas generated in the ground, and sealed with plastic sheeting and caulking.
