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Researchers Unearth 'New' Mass-Extinction

Sep. 9, 2019 — A team of scientists has concluded that earth experienced a previously underestimated severe mass-extinction event, which occurred about 260 million years ... read more

Climate Change Affects Floods in Europe

Aug. 28, 2019 — For a long time, scientists argued whether or not climate change is affecting floods. No clear trends seemed to be evident. Now, in a major international study, data from numerous measurement ... read more

The Case for Retreat in the Battle Against Climate Change

Aug. 22, 2019 — With sea level rise and extreme weather threatening coastal communities, it's no longer a question of whether they are going to retreat; it's where, when and how. In a new paper, researchers advocate ... read more

Climate Change Will Alter Waves Along Half the World's Coast

Aug. 22, 2019 — New research finds that a warming planet will also alter ocean waves along more than 50% of the world's coastlines. This research has significant implications for coastal flooding and ... read more
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Wildfires Increase Winter Snowpack -- But That Isn't Necessarily a Good Thing

Feb. 4, 2020 — Wildfires are altering ecosystems globally as they change in frequency, size, and severity. In unburned forests, snow has been shown to accumulate more in small clearings or in stands with low to ... read more

Green Infrastructure Provides Benefits That Residents Are Willing to Work For, Study Shows

Feb. 4, 2020 — Urban areas face increasing problems with stormwater management. Green infrastructure, including features such as rain barrels, green roofs, rain gardens, and on-site water treatment, can provide ... read more

Losing Coastal Plant Communities to Climate Change Will Weaken Sea Defenses

Feb. 3, 2020 — New research suggests the impact of rising sea levels and the increased frequency and intensity of extreme storm events on coastal plants needs to be placed in greater ... read more

More Rain and Less Snow Means Increased Flood Risk

Jan. 27, 2020 — By analyzing more than two decades of data in the western US, scientists have shown that flood sizes increase exponentially as a higher fraction of precipitation falls as rain, offering insight into ... read more

Flooding Damage to Levees Is Cumulative -- And Often Invisible

Jan. 21, 2020 — Recent research finds that repeated flooding events have a cumulative effect on the structural integrity of earthen levees, suggesting that the increase in extreme weather events associated with ... read more

Scientists Use Ancient Marine Fossils to Unravel Long-Standing Climate Puzzle

Jan. 9, 2020 — Scientists have shed new light on the Earth's climate behavior during the last known period of global warming over 14 million years ... read more

A Better Estimate of Water-Level Rise in the Ganges Delta

Jan. 6, 2020 — For the first time, scientists have provided reliable regional estimates of land subsidence and water-level rise in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta. Depending on the region of the delta, ... read more

Community Characteristics Shape Climate Change Discussions After Extreme Weather

Dec. 9, 2019 — Political affiliations, the presence of local environmental organizations and prior local media coverage of climate change play a role in how a community reacts to an extreme weather event, according ... read more

New Study Compares Floodplain Protection Today to Predicted Future Flood Losses

Dec. 9, 2019 — A new study seeks to answer an important question related to flooding in the United States - pay now to protect undeveloped areas that are likely to flood in the future or allow developments to go ... read more

Gulf of Mexico Coral Reefs to Protect from Storm Surge in the Future -- But Will They?

Dec. 4, 2019 — Researchers used 120,000-year-old fossils to predict how Gulf of Mexico coral reefs will respond to climate change toward the end of this ... read more

Atmospheric River Storms Create $1 Billion-a-Year Flood Damage

Dec. 4, 2019 — Researchers found that flooding has caused nearly $51 billion in damages to western states in the last 40 years. More than 84 percent of these damages were caused by atmospheric rivers (ARs), long ... read more

NASA Space Data Can Cut Disaster Response Times, Costs

Nov. 22, 2019 — According to a new study, emergency responders could cut costs and save time by using near-real-time satellite data along with other decision-making tools after a flooding ... read more

Reservoir Management Could Help Prevent Toxic Algal Blooms in Great Lakes

Nov. 19, 2019 — Managing reservoirs for water quality, not just flood control, could be part of the solution to the growth of toxic algal blooms in the Great Lakes, especially Lake Erie, every ... read more

Global Climate Change Concerns for Africa's Lake Victoria

Nov. 14, 2019 — Researchers have developed a model to project lake levels in world's largest tropical ... read more

Future Rainfall Could Far Outweigh Current Climate Predictions in UK

Nov. 14, 2019 — Scientists analyzed rainfall records from the 1870s to the present day with their findings showing there could be large divergence in projected rainfall by the mid to late 21st ... read more

Urban Development Reduces Flash Flooding Chances in Arid Western US

Nov. 13, 2019 — Urban development in the eastern United States results in an increase in flash flooding in nearby streams, but in the arid West, urbanization has just the opposite effect, according to a researcher, ... read more

Creating Fake Rhino Horn With Horse Hair to Help in Saving the Endangered Rhino

Nov. 8, 2019 — Scientists have invented a way to create fake rhino horn using horse ... read more

Why Are Big Storms Bringing So Much More Rain? Warming, Yes, but Also Winds

Oct. 29, 2019 — For three hurricane seasons in a row, storms with record-breaking rainfall have caused catastrophic flooding in the southern United States. A new analysis explains why this trend is likely to ... read more

Antarctic Ice Cliffs May Not Contribute to Sea-Level Rise as Much as Predicted

Oct. 21, 2019 — Researchers report that in order for a 90-meter ice cliff to collapse entirely, the ice shelves supporting the cliff would have to break apart extremely quickly, within a matter of hours -- a rate of ... read more

Plant Physiology Will Be Major Contributor to Future River Flooding

Oct. 21, 2019 — Researchers describe the emerging role of ecophysiology in riparian flooding. As an adaptation to an overabundance of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, trees, plants and grasses constrict their ... read more
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