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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.
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Sequence matters in droughts and floods
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Jan 08, 2009 |
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When extremes of drought and flood come in rapid succession, the extent of damage to vegetation may depend in part on the sequence of those events, according to a new study published in The American Naturalist.
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. ...
A hard rain's gonna fall: Analysis shows climate change to yield more extreme rainfall
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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.
Climate change: When it rains it (really) pours
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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 ...
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 ...
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.
Vegetation hardly affected by extreme flood events
Sep 24, 2008 |
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Extreme flood events in floodplain grasslands affect carabid beetles and molluscs more than plants. This is the finding of a study by biologists from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), ...
Tiny tremors can track extreme storms in a warming planet
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Apr 17, 2008 |
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Data from faint earth tremors caused by wind-driven ocean waves—often dismissed as “background noise” at seismographic stations around the world—suggest extreme ocean storms have become more frequent over the past three decades, ...
Height of large waves changes according to month
May 29, 2009 |
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A team of researchers from the University of Cantabria, Spain, has developed a statistical model that makes it possible to study the variability of extreme waves throughout the year, according to the journal Coastal Engineering. The st ...
Culture greatly shapes young people's drinking habits
Sep 23, 2008 |
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Whether young people get drunk as a purposeful behavior or as an unintended consequence depends on what country they live in, according to new research on young people in seven countries. The research finds that young people's ...
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