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August 2, 2023

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Clearcut Logging Leads to More Frequent Flooding, Including Extreme Floods

Loss of forest cover is associated with more frequent extreme flooding, as well as more frequent floods of any size, according to new research. While it's widely thought that loss of forest cover is strongly linked to increased flooding, most studies have suggested that the impact is limited to ...

California's Winter Waves May Be Increasing Under Climate Change

A new study uses nearly a century of data to show that the average heights of winter waves along the California coast have increased as climate change has heated up the ...

Climate Science Is Catching Up to Climate Change With Predictions That Could Improve Proactive Response

In Africa, climate change impacts are experienced as extreme events like drought and floods. It has now been possible to predict and monitor these climatic events, providing early warning of their impacts on agriculture to support humanitarian and ...

Saltwater or Freshwater? Difference Is Large for the Climate When We Flood Low Lying Areas

Researchers find large methane emissions: 'Do not flood low-lying areas with freshwater'. Their studies find that freshwater lakes emit much more methane than saltwater lagoons, bogs and wet ...
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Stopping Storms from Creating Dangerous Urban Geysers

Researchers develop a computational model of stormwater piping to study storm geysers. They used this model to understand why storm geysers form, what conditions tend to make them worse, and what ...

The 2022 Durban Floods Were the Most Catastrophic Yet Recorded in KwaZulu-Natal

Research shows flooding events in the province have doubled in the last ...

城市洪水的预防Climate Change

Planners have come up with many innovative ways to prevent flooding caused by heavy downpours -- from planting rain gardens to installing green roofs. But in many cases, nothing works quite as well ...

SMART Warnings Could Protect Communities at Risk from Flooding

Engaging communities in developing a real-time early warning system could help to reduce the often-devastating impact of flooding on people and property -- particularly in mountainous regions where ...

Pioneering Study Shows Flood Risks Can Still Be Considerably Reduced If All Global Promises to Cut Carbon Emissions Are Kept

Annual damage caused by flooding in the UK could increase by more than a fifth over the next century due to climate change unless all international pledges to reduce carbon emissions are met, ...

Mississippi River Delta Study Reveals Which Human Actions Contribute to Land Loss

科学家揭示新的h的信息的作用umans have played in large-scale land loss in the Mississippi River Delta -- crucial information in determining solutions to the ...

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A Faster, More Accurate 3D Modelling Tool Recreates a Landscape's Digital Twin Down to the Pixel Level

Researchers have developed a new technique that can help create high-quality, accurate 3D models of large-scale landscapes -- essentially, digital replicas of the real world. The framework ...

Glacial Flooding Threatens Millions Globally

Fifteen million people around the world are at risk from flooding caused by glacial lakes, with just four countries -- India, Pakistan, China and Peru -- accounting for more than half of those ...

Devastating Cost of Future Coastal Flooding for Many Developing Nations Predicted in New Study

New global modelling predicts the devastating socioeconomic impacts of future extreme coastal flooding for developing nations caused by climate change, with Asia, West Africa and Egypt facing severe ...

Small Isolated Wetlands Are Pollution-Catching Powerhouses

Small isolated wetlands that are full for only part of the year are often the first to be removed for development or agriculture, but a new study shows that they can be twice as effective in ...

Aquatic Organisms Respond to Flooding and Drought Disturbance in Different Ways

Populations of various species of aquatic insects and other invertebrates respond to flooding and waterway drying due to drought in different ways that can be anticipated, according to a new study ...

How Plants Are Inspiring New Ways to Extract Value from Wastewater

Scientists are drawing inspiration from plants to develop new techniques to separate and extract valuable minerals, metals and nutrients from resource-rich ...

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A Changing Flood Recipe for Las Vegas

Las Vegas, with its rapid urbanization and desert landscape, is highly vulnerable to flooding. For this reason, flood managers have built an extensive system of drainage ditches and detention basins ...

New Modelling Shows How Interrupted Flows in Australia's Murray River Endanger Frogs

Flooding in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin is creating ideal breeding conditions for many native species that have evolved to take advantage of temporary flood conditions. Scientists have now ...

How Climate Change Impacts the Indian Ocean Dipole, Leading to Severe Droughts and Floods

Researchers now have a much better understanding of how climate change can impact and cause sea water temperatures on one side of the Indian Ocean to be so much warmer or cooler than the temperatures ...

Mekong Delta Will Continue to Be at Risk for Severe Flooding, Study Finds

Reef corals provide an accurate, high-resolution record of the influence of the El Niño Southern Oscillation on rainfall, flooding and droughts in the Mekong River Delta, ...

Coupled Computer Modeling Can Help More Accurately Predict Coastal Flooding, Study Demonstrates

Researchers used a unique coupled computer modeling approach to accurately recreate the coastal flooding that occurred during Hurricane Florence, demonstrating that it is more accurate than ...

The Majority of California's Coastal Airports Are Vulnerable to Increased Flooding Caused by Climate Change

A new study has found that 39 out of 43 coastal airports in California have assets exposed to projected flooding that could disrupt their operations in the next 20 to 40 ...

研究显示Landbuilding, Site of Freshwater Diversion

Supporters of the large-scale Mississippi River sediment diversions currently being planned by the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority got a boost to their case recently when ...

Low-Cost Sensor Records the Level of Rivers

Researchers have developed a method that allows the water level of rivers to be monitored around the clock. The cost-effective sensor is for instance suitable for area-wide flood warning ...

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