Letter: Climate change causes floodingDr Ute Collier
A key component of a community's ability to learn from disaster is how community members perceive the causes of extreme flood events and whether there is risk of future similar events. Perceptions of causes of flooding, including climate change, may be influenced by experiencing a flood event, ...
The hydrological cycle is expected to intensify with global warming, which likely increases the intensity of extreme precipitation events and the risk of flooding. The changes, however, often differ from the theorized expectation of increases in water‐holding capacity of the atmosphere in the warmer...
certain land uses in order to mitigate or adapt to climate change. “The actions of government agencies in restrictingland rightsfor (prospective) climate change risks are at least as important as the actual disappearance of rights due to permanentfloodingor storm events.”2The interventions of ...
Climate change: Causes Climate from space The future Additional resources Climate change is the long-term, continued shifting of temperatures and weather patterns on planet Earth; an evolution driven by human activities. In the over 4.5 billion years that Earth has existed, orbiting the sun...
Climate change results in increased intensity of natural disasters, such as hurricanes Hurricanes bring catastrophic flooding with risks to perinatal health Disaster-related health research—challenges to assessing long term impact Pregnancy outcomes after a hurricane or extensive flooding Maternal stress and...
One of the most destructive natural hazards, tropical cyclone (TC)–induced coastal flooding, will worsen under climate change. Here we conduct climatology–hydrodynamic modeling to quantify the effects of sea level rise (SLR) and TC climatology change (under RCP 8.5) on late 21st century flood ...
Quick facts about climate change How much Earth has warmed since 1850: about 2 degrees Fahrenheit (1.1 degrees Celsius) What causes climate change: Gases trapping heat in the atmosphere The effects of a warming planet: Increased heat waves, flooding, wildfires, hurricanes and more Climate change ...
- Halton Region’s Enhanced Basement Flooding Prevention Subsidy Program - Conservation Halton Programs Connection to climate change A warmer environment can hold more moisture potentially resulting in more intense downpours. There has been an increasing pattern of more intense storms in recent years. ...
“The UK is leading the world in the fight against climate change,” a spokesperson from the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, told CNN in an email. “We were the first major economy to legislate fornet zero emissions by 2050, and have cut emissions by 43% since...