By using imagery across multiple years and throughout seasons it has been possible; to map the extent and dynamics of surface water and flooding for entire river basins (Tulbure et al., 2016); to map continental
tsunamis, volcanoes, and earthquake activity around Pacific Basin; hurricanes along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts; tornadoes in the midwest and southeast; mud slides in California; forest fires in the west; flooding; permafrost in northern Alaska, a major impediment to development Environme...
Reviewing recent literature, we report that changes in extreme heat event characteristics such as magnitude, frequency, and duration are highly sensitive to changes in mean global-scale warming. Numerous studies have detected significant changes in the observed occurrence of extreme heat events, irrespect...
which must be considered in infrastructure development, as has been done by California [22•], is a major step, yet just the first of the necessary actions required. Since sea level rise will act synergistically with storm surge and wave action to increase flooding and damage potential, desig...
Several impacts of climate change on hydroelectric reservoirs can be considered: hydrological changes, variation in sediment load due to flooding, variation in volume and river flow due to changes in precipitation, and the occurrence of extreme events (e.g., droughts and floods) that can generate...