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Natural sponges: forests help moderate floods, droughts
2013-12-20 02:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A new study adds further evidence for the "sponge effect" of forests. Research published in the journal Water Resources Research by scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and other institutions finds that forests in Panama help moderate extreme weather events by reducing peak runoff during storms and releasing stored water during droughts. The findings are based on measurements taken during nearly 450 tropical storms in forests and pastures. We measured large differences...
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More than 4,000 evacuated from Gaza 'disaster area' floods
2013-12-14 14:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: More than 4,000 people have been evacuated from flood-damaged homes in northern Gaza in what the United Nations has called "a disaster area", officials said on Saturday. Flooding has been so severe that access to many homes is by rowing boat and water is reported to be two meters (more than six feet) high in some places. Many people have been trapped inside inundated homes by rising waters. The flooding is the result of four days of torrential rains. "Large swathes of northern Gaza are a...
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UK weather: Thousands unable to return home after houses ruined by floods
2013-12-07 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Thousands of people will be forced to spend another night away from their homes this evening after the worst tidal surge for more than 60 years caused heavy flooding and travel chaos throughout the country. Families across the East Coast are sheltering in evacuation centres, while shopkeepers were assessing stock damage and counting the cost of the dramatic coastal floods. Although floodwaters are said to be receding, the Government warned the danger was not over and there would be "exceptionally...
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Sea level rise and shoreline changes are lead influences on floods from tropical cyclones
2013-12-04 20:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Despite the fact that recent studies have focused on climate change impacts on the intensity and frequency of tropical cyclones themselves, a research team led by Jon Woodruff of the University of Massachusetts Amherst found on review of the relevant science that sea level rise and shoreline retreat are the two more certain factors expected to drive an increase in future flood risk from such storms. Writing in the current special issue of Nature dedicated to coastal regions, geoscientist Woodruff,...
Winter storm deluges western US with floods and snow, killing four
2013-11-23 17:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The western US has been drenched by a powerful storm system that blasted several states and has led to four deaths. The weather has prompted flooding and water rescues in California, stranded dozens of drivers in Nevada, caused hundreds of crashes among desert dwellers in Arizona and brought snow to northern New Mexico. The system was expected to head east and reach the Atlantic coast by the middle of next week, but not before hitting the south-west again with rain, snow and wind, forecasters...
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