@CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social
2023-12-22 14:36 UTC
"More than 40% of consumer goods traded between north-east Asia and the US east coast are transported through the #PanamaCanal.
In normal times, the Panama Canal has capacity to handle 36 ships a day. But as water has grown scarcer, the canal authority has reduced that number to 22. By February, it will be just 18."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/22/changing-climate-casts-a-shadow-over-the-future-of-the-panama-canal-and-global-trade
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@CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social 2024-12-03 13:43
"The #PanamaCanal Authority aims to create a massive dam 840 meters in length and 80.5 meters in height to secure freshwater for its locks. It says the reservoir's 1.25 billion cubic meters of water would allow up to 15 additional vessel transits per day during the dry season, and help provide #DrinkingWater to Panama's growing 4.5 million population." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/sustainability/threatened-by-climate-change-panama-canal-has-big-plans-to-deal-with-drought/articleshow/115919589.cms