An online portal developed by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) will enable forecasters in West Africa to provide communities with earlier and more reliable warnings about large storms.
Earth Sciences
May 3, 2022
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Growing up in Brooklyn and spending her undergraduate and now graduate student years in Chicago, Chaillé Biddle has grown increasingly alarmed by the problem of urban flooding. When rainwater and stormwater overflow in developed ...
Environment
Apr 27, 2022
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Between vast almond orchards and dairy pastures in the heart of California's farm country sits a property being redesigned to look like it did 150 years ago, before levees restricted the flow of rivers that weave across the ...
Environment
Apr 19, 2022
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As cities grow, the area of impervious surfaces they cover grows. In cities across the US, roads, rooftops, parking lots, sidewalks and driveways increased by an average of 326,000 hectares per year between 2012 and 2017.
Environment
Apr 15, 2022
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Sydney is bracing for flash floods and landslides as the city yet again endures a disastrous downpour, with a month's worth of rain falling in just 24 hours and evacuation orders issued. The rain is forecast to continue all ...
Environment
Apr 7, 2022
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As farmers ready for planting season, a new study examines the flood risk for all cropland in Iowa.
Earth Sciences
Apr 6, 2022
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The western United States this century is facing a greatly heightened risk of heavy rains inundating areas that were recently scarred by wildfires, new research warns. Such events can cause significant destruction, including ...
Environment
Apr 1, 2022
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Flooding has pushed down housing prices in communities across Canada.
Economics & Business
Feb 15, 2022
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Climate change is on track to ramp up the annual cost of US flood damage more than 25 percent by 2050, according to new research Monday that warns disadvantaged communities will likely bear the brunt of the financial burden.
Environment
Feb 5, 2022
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When Hurricanes Harvey (2017) and Florence (2018) hit, it was not solely the storm surge from the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean that led to flooding. Inland sources, like rain-swollen rivers, lakes, and suburban culverts ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 13, 2022
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