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TheDubai floodinglast week illustrated how urban engineering is failing a major climate change test. In a world marked by the increasing possibility of extreme weather events, no matter how big and modern expanding urban environments around the globe get, they don't have enough places for al...
Flood risk and climate change are pushing millions of people to move from their homes, according to a new study by the risk analysis firm First Street Foundation.
Coastal flooding made worse by climate change could damage assets worth up to $14.2 trillion by 2100 as rising seas inundate coastal homes and infrastructure, according to new research published on Thursday inScientific Reports. Without worldwide investment in flood defenses or a decrease in glo...
Dec 12, 2024 Supermoon high tide floods part of Boston's waterfront The floods are caused by astronomically high tides a few times a year and WBZ-TV meteorologist Terry Eliasen says climate change is to blame for the flooding getting worse. WBZ-TV's Samantha Chaney reports. ...
Climate change and the flood risk Is climate change causing increased flooding ? Can we see the effects on floods ?Arnell, Nigel
"Climate change impacts have greatly affected Ethiopia in terms of flooding, drought and food insecurity," a UNEP statement quoted Margaret Oduk, Program Coordinator at UNEP's Liaison Office to the African Union Commission (AUC), the UN Economic Commission for Africa, and Ethiopia as saying on ...
Climate models predict that sea level will rise an additional two to three feet in the New York area over the next century. "That alone could lead to three times as frequent coastal flooding events for New York even if storms like Sandy don't change at all," Horton said. Warmer upper ...
climate changefloodingPacific Islandseconomic impactsThis paper quantifies the economic impacts of flooP. BrownA. DaigneaultD. GawithClimate and DevelopmentBROWN, P., DAIGNEAULT, A. & GAWITH, D. 2017. Climate change and the economic impacts of flooding on Fiji. Climate and Development, 9, 493-...
Increased storm frequency and intensity related to climate change are exacerbated by such local factors as the growing occupation of floodplains, increased runoff from hard surfaces, inadequate waste management and silted-up drainage. One can distinguish four types of flooding in urban areas: localized...