Letter: Climate change causes floodingDr Ute Collier
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...
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, ...
"It could also change the shape of the rivers themselves, for example where river banks are no longer protected flooding if seedlings fail to establish in the growing season." The researchers plan to continue to monitor the effects of climate change on flooding across Europe, also incoastal are...
Climate change adaptation Resilience Scale validity 1. Introduction Climate change is causing various risks, including extreme weather events (e.g., flooding, bush fires) and increasing temperatures, that have detrimental material, physical, and psychological consequences (IPCC, 2018; Sauerborn & Ebi,...
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 ...
While local people adapt to floods, recognition of local, national and international governments' and organizations' responsibility to act to alleviate flooding and its causes, especially the consequences of climate change, is urgently needed. 展开 关键词: adaptation Africa climate change communities ...
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...
From a scientific perspective, climate change has caused a significant change in the water cycle. The increase in temperature has led to more evaporation, which causes more water to be in the atmosphere. This has resulted in more frequent and intense rainfall, leading to more flooding in some ...
With precipitation as one of the clearest indicators of climate change, intense rainstorms create even worse outcomes when much of the ground is covered in pavement instead of vegetation. “For example, here in Georgia, when we get flooding in places like Atlanta, you’ve got a lot of heav...