With regard to the causes of the recent extreme floods in Europe and the USA, there are roughly four opinions: one states that nothing out of the ordinary has taken place and that the recent floods are perfectly normal meteorological and hydrologic occurrences; another states that they are part...
The recent floods in Pakistan have sub-merged a third of the country and left more than 1,100 people dead. It is not the only part of the world to have suffered extreme weather this year. Early on, Australia was hit with unheard-of rain and heat. By the summer, east Africa was suff...
lagoons caused by floods. Water quality degradation was the major loss factor in the 1970s, whereas losses due to extreme events became the most important cause of decline during the 2000s (Fig.5b, c). Management intervention along with natural colonization emerged as drivers of recovery in ...
Early 21st-century droughts in Europe have been broadly regarded as exceptionally severe, substantially affecting a wide range of socio-economic sectors. These extreme events were linked mainly to increases in temperature and record-breaking heatwaves that have been influencing Europe since 2000, in co...
Flood Risk in Central Europe. (including the Rhine, Danube, Odra, and Wisla), culminating in the disastrous August 2002 flood in the Elbe River basin and parts of the Danube basin... Becker,Alfred,Grünewald,... - 《Science》 被引量: 142发表: 2003年 HISTORICAL AND RECENT FLOODS IN THE...
the last decades in Europe, as likely outcomes of climate change: floods, droughts, heat waves and hailstorms have brought local as well as widespread damages to farmers, industry, infrastructures and society, to insurance and reinsurance companies; in this work we deal with the hailstorm hazard...
In recent years, we’ve seen wildfires tear through Canada and Greece, and summer floods destroy regions in Pakistan that are home to nearly 33 million people. Studies have shown that those impacted by air pollution and rising temperatures are more likely to experience mental distress. ...
Recent events demonstrate the need of change in policy. 最近的事态表明政策需要改变. 《简明英汉词典》 Most parts of African countries have suffered from drought in recent years. 近几年来非洲大部分地区都久旱无雨. 《现代汉英综合大词典》 Recent events further added weight to their country. 最近发生...
While this was lower than forecast, there is consensus among analysts that growth of 3.5-4% in calendar 2002 is within reach. Weak first quarter growth can be attributed partly to factors outside the government's control: severe floods in February and continuation of the global economic slump ...
Two independent triggers for the Indian Ocean Dipole/Zonal Mode in a coupled GCM. J. Clim. 18, 3428–3449 (2005). Article Google Scholar Mudelsee, M., Börngen, M., Tetzlaff, G. & Grünewald, U. No upward trends in the occurrence of extreme floods in central Europe. Nature 425,...