Around the world, rivers seem to be either flooding or shrinking (缩小). While Pakistan’s rivers have left one-third of that country flooded and millions of people without homes, a drought unseen for 500 years has left Europe’s major waterways almost dry. In the United States, the Kentuc...
The purpose of these conferences is to ensure that counties around the world are committed to taking action to avoid dangerous climate change and find ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions globally in an equitable way. The effectiveness of these meetings varied throughout the years, with some ...
Around the world, rivers seem to be raging. While catastrophic flooding of Pakistan’s rivers has left tens of millions without homes, a drought unseen for 500 years has squeezed Europe’s major waterways almost dry. There is little disagreement about what’s going on: climate change is causin...
Figure 8.Cumulative rainfall totals around Atlanta, Georgia, during the September 2009 floods. Source: USGS. View chapter Explore book A review of recent advances in urban flood research CandaceAgonafir, ...NareshDevineni, inWater Security, 2023 ...
At some point, possibly in the 2030s24, a rapid increase in the frequency and severity of high tide chronic flood events due to sea-level rise and tides only will take place in the US and presumably in multiple coastal regions around the world. In this paper, we provide observational ...
Around the world, communities are bracing for sea level rise:the Netherlandsis stabilizing its dikes,Senegalis relocating neighborhoods,Indonesiais moving its entire capital city. These projects are hefty, expensive, and slow. But they may need to pick up the pace. As new research shows, in man...
Heavy rain unleashed major flooding at Ft. Lauderdale Airport on Wednesday, forcing flights to stay grounded and leaving many stranded at the airport and in cars for hours.Apr 14, 2023 Twitter Facebook Email Embed embed code copied Around The Web ...
Indeed, urban planning initiatives are underway in cities around the world to adapt at-risk communities to more intense flooding and other climate risks, meet needs for housing and commerce, and manage ecosystem health and the provision of ecosystem services; these would benefit from foundational ...
In anews releaselast week, the WMO highlighted issues that included heat waves causing sweltering conditions in areas around the U.S. to North Africa. "The extreme weather – an increasingly frequent occurrence in our warming climate – is having a major impact on human health...
Around the world, flooding events are happening more frequently and are becoming more severe, imposing increasing costs on societies4. It is estimated that global direct asset losses from natural disasters are over 300 billion dollars every year, and this number increases to 520 billion dollars ...