A team of researchers from Taiwan, Canada and the U.S. has found a link between the water cycle in Taiwan and the timing of earthquakes there. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group describes ...
Climate change is making India's monsoon stronger and more chaotic, scientists said Wednesday, warning of potential severe consequences for food, farming and the economy affecting nearly a fifth of the world's population.
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As the Earth warms, extreme rainfall events are intensifying, thanks in part to the fundamental thermodynamic properties of air. This intensification will likely affect ecosystems and flooding around the world. However, to ...
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Apr 13, 2021
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In the 1930s, English climatologist Sir Gilbert Walker successfully predicted Indian summer monsoon rainfall (ISMR) based on the relationship between Southern Oscillation and ISMR connected by what was later called Walker ...
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Tropical cyclones like typhoons may invoke imagery of violent winds and storm surges flooding coastal areas, but with the heavy rainfall these storms may bring, another major hazard they can cause is landslides—sometimes ...
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Apr 12, 2021
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The rainfall over the Yangtze River Valley (YRV) in June 2020 broke the existing record from 1979. As of June 28, the People's Daily Online reported that there were more than 12 million people affected by flood disasters ...
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Apr 8, 2021
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Rainstorms grew more erratic and droughts much longer across most of the U.S. West over the past half-century as climate change warmed the planet, according to a sweeping government study released Tuesday that concludes the ...
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Apr 6, 2021
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Over the past three years, I've been working on the forthcoming report by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. I'm a climate scientist who contributed to the chapter on global water cycle changes. ...
Environment
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Stretches of land across New South Wales, Australia, have been hit with torrential rain leading to record-breaking floods. The heavy rainfall has caused dams to spill over, rives to burst their banks and thousands of people ...
Environment
Mar 24, 2021
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People living on the east coast of Australia have been experiencing a rare meteorological event. Record-breaking rainfall in some regions, and very heavy and sustained rainfall in others, has led to significant flooding.
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Mar 23, 2021
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