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Floods to become commonplace by 2080
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 08, 2009 |
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Flooding like that which devastated the North of England last year is set to become a common event across the UK in the next 75 years, new research has shown.
Heavy rainfall on the increase
Feb 14, 2008 |
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Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have found that winter precipitation – such as rain and snow - became more intense in the UK during the last 100 years.
Under the weather: Early-life rainfall has lasting effect on Indonesian women
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Indonesian women born into rural communities in rainy years grow taller, stay in school longer and live in households with greater wealth than women born in years with lower rainfall, a new University of ...
Smaller storms drop larger overall rainfall in hurricane season
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 10, 2007 |
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Researchers have found that when residents of the U.S. southeastern states look skyward for rain to alleviate a long-term drought, they should be hoping for a tropical storm over a hurricane for more reasons ...
Climate change: When it rains it (really) pours
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 07, 2008 |
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Climate models have long predicted that global warming will increase the intensity of extreme precipitation events. A new study conducted at the University of Miami and the University of Reading (U.K.) provides ...
A hard rain's gonna fall: Analysis shows climate change to yield more extreme rainfall
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Heavier rainstorms lie in our future. That's the clear conclusion of a new MIT and Caltech study on the impact that global climate change will have on precipitation patterns.
Waterborne disease risk upped in Great Lakes
Oct 08, 2008 |
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An anticipated increased incidence of climate-related extreme rainfall events in the Great Lakes region may raise the public health risk for the 40 million people who depend on the lakes for their drinking water, according ...
Researchers Use Sun Cycle to Predict Rainfall Fluctuations
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 02, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The sun’s magnetic field may have a significant impact on weather and climatic parameters in Australia and other countries in the northern and southern hemispheres.
Extreme weather postpones the flowering time of plants
Nov 05, 2008 |
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Extreme weather events have a greater effect on flora than previously presumed. A one-month drought postpones the time of flowering of grassland and heathland plants in Central Europe by an average of 4 days. ...
Satellite imagery confirms Ida's low is finally moving away from the east coast
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Satellite imagery and weather ground station readings today along the Mid-Atlantic indicate "Ida the coastal low pressure area" is finally moving away from the U.S. east coast.
Scientists work on mathematical model that adds up to better flood prevention
Sep 26, 2006 |
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Oxford researchers have won funding to improve the usefulness of weather predictions on the probability and extent of extreme rainfall. This will help hydrologists, civil engineers, policy-makers and government ...
Climate change could deepen poverty in developing countries, study finds
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Urban workers could suffer most from climate change as the cost of food drives them into poverty, according to a new study that quantifies the effects of climate on the world's poor populations.
Scientists detect trends in rainfall traits from drizzles to downpours
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 05, 2007 |
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Breaking news in recent years has been swamped with stories of extreme weather -- flash floods in East Asia, prolonged drought in Africa, destructive hurricanes like Hurricane Katrina, heavy monsoon rainfall ...
TRMM satellite captures rainfall from 2 typhoons that soaked Philippines
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 11, 2009 |
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Within a week's time, the northern Philippines were hit by two tropical cyclones that left behind more than 42 inches of rainfall to various areas, and NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite ...
Warnings up for Philippines as Parma powers up to a super typhoon
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Oct 01, 2009 |
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Warnings have been posted in the extreme northeastern Philippines as Parma has powered up into a Super Typhoon, and its new forecast track takes it over the northeastern tip of the Philippines, and three NASA ...
