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United Kingdom: Global warming will unleash increasingly devastating floods in coming years, scientists warn

2016-02-02 11:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Independent: Climate change made the severe storms which flooded the Somerset Levels in 2014 much more likely, according to new research that suggests global warming will unleash increasingly devastating floods in coming years. The report finds that man-made greenhouse gas emissions have increased the chance of extreme flooding by 43 per cent, as the warming climate holds larger quantities of moisture, which leads to heavier rainfall. What was once a 1 in 100-year event in a world without climate change is...

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