Floods News
May 21, 2024
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Apr. 15, 2024 As sea levels rise, coastal groundwater is lifted closer to the ground surface while also becoming saltier and more corrosive. A recent study compiled research from experts worldwide showing that in ...
Apr. 9, 2024 With climate change and rising urbanization, the likelihood and severity of urban flooding are increasing. But not all city blocks are created equal. Researchers investigated how urban layout and building structures contribute to pedestrian safety ...
Apr. 4, 2024 A study shows that sea anemones that react more slowly to change can survive a heatwave better than individuals that change their behavior ...
Mar. 27, 2024 If rivers overflow their banks, the consequences can be devastating -- just like the catastrophic floods in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate of 2021 showed. In order to limit flood damage and optimize flood risk assessment, we need to ...
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Apr. 23, 2024 A new study finds that 'sunny day flooding,' which occurs during high tides, increases the levels of fecal bacteria in coastal waters. While the elevated bacteria levels in the coastal waters tend to ...
Apr. 16, 2024 Florida is projected to lose 3.5 million acres of land to development by 2070. A new study highlights how Florida can buffer itself against both climate change and population pressures by conserving ...
Apr. 3, 2024 To better understand COVID-19's spread during the pandemic, public health officials expanded wastewater surveillance. These efforts track SARS-CoV-2 ...
Mar. 27, 2024 Floods affect more people worldwide than any other natural hazard, causing enormous damage that is expected to increase in a warming world. However, people and decision-makers in vulnerable regions ...
Mar. 11, 2024 Winter storms known as western disturbances that provide crucial snow and rainfall to northern India are arriving significantly later in the ...
Mar. 6, 2024 A new study provides a new comprehensive look at the potential for flooding in a combined 32 cities along the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts. It predicts as many as 500,000 people will be ...
Feb. 15, 2024 Researchers have completed one of the most extensive river resilience studies, examining how river ecosystems recover following floods. They developed a novel modeling approach that used data from ...
Jan. 29, 2024 When storms hit back-to-back, the flooding -- and economic damages -- are even worse than ...
Jan. 25, 2024 New research used machine learning to more accurately predict which waterways are protected by the Clean Water Act. The analysis found that a 2020 Trump administration rule removed Clean Water Act ...
Jan. 24, 2024 It's time to recognize the power of healthy forests in managing global growing flood risk, and to shift towards more sustainable forestry practices ...
Earlier Headlines
Jan. 24, 2024 A new method predicts how much flooding a coastal community is likely to experience as hurricanes evolve due to climate change. Using New York as a test case, the model predicts Hurricane Sandy-level ...
Jan. 11, 2024 Beaches and dunes globally squeezed by roads and buildings. Beaches and dunes are becoming increasingly trapped between rising sea levels and infrastructure. Researchers found that today, when ...
Jan. 11, 2024 Record heat across the world profoundly impacted the global water cycle in 2023, contributing to severe storms, floods, megadroughts and bushfires, new research ...
Jan. 2, 2024 Major cities on the U.S. Atlantic coast are sinking, in some cases as much as 5 millimeters per year -- a decline at the ocean's edge that well outpaces global sea level rise, confirms new ...
Dec. 19, 2023 Researchers report that local rivers and streams were the source of the Salmonella enterica contamination along coastal North Carolina after Hurricane Florence in 2018 -- not the previously suspected ...
Dec. 5, 2023 A new study estimates 152,753 excess infant deaths were attributable to living in flood-prone areas in Bangladesh over the past 30 years. The findings begin to unspool the long term public health ...
Nov. 29, 2023 The record storm surge in October 2023 caused severe damage to the German Baltic coast. Effective adaptation scenarios to rising sea levels are therefore becoming increasingly urgent. In two recent ...
Nov. 29, 2023 The San Joaquin Valley in California has experienced vast variability in climate extremes, with droughts and floods that were more severe and lasted longer than what has been seen in the modern ...
Nov. 20, 2023 Worldwide, coastal river deltas are home to more than half a billion people, supporting fisheries, agriculture, cities, and fertile ecosystems. In a unique study covering 49 deltas globally, ...
Nov. 17, 2023 After a massive cyclone transformed the ecosystem of Gorongosa National Park, researchers studied the immediate and knock-on impacts to garner lessons for wildlife managers around the ...
Nov. 10, 2023 Extreme flood events are extraordinary outliers that were not considered possible on the basis of local data. However, if one considers the entire European continent, these local surprises are no ...
Oct. 25, 2023 In a test of their new analysis tool, researchers show where 'moving up' or 'moving over' may make the most sense for those affected by the 2022 Pakistan flood, and what costs it ...
Oct. 18, 2023 They set out to study the Congo Basin's carbon cycle and in the process have become aware of one of the world's darkest blackwater rivers: the Ruki. In the first study on this major jungle ...
Oct. 16, 2023 A new study that examines both the physical and socioeconomic effects of sea-level rise on Florida's Miami-Dade County area finds that in coming decades, four out of five residents may face ...
Oct. 11, 2023 The massive 2015 flooding of the Sagavanirktok River in northern Alaska had immediate impacts, including closure of the Dalton Highway for several days, but it also contributed to longer-term ground ...
Sep. 27, 2023 Researchers report finding high concentrations of microplastics present in a Missouri cave system that had been closed to human visitors for 30 ...
Sep. 13, 2023 Most coastal communities will encounter '100-year floods' annually by the end of the century, even under a moderate scenario where carbon dioxide emissions peak by 2040, according to a new ...
Sep. 12, 2023 New research shows that amplified global warming in the Canadian High Arctic drove a profound shift in the structure of a river network carved into a permafrost landscape in only 60 ...
Sep. 12, 2023 Researchers have developed a new simulation model, which can predict flooding during an ongoing disaster more quickly and accurately than currently ...
Sep. 8, 2023 A hydrologist's study provides a global estimate of human destruction of natural floodplains. The study can help guide future development in a way that can restore and conserve vital floodplain ...
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Thursday, January 11, 2024
- Beaches and Dunes Globally Squeezed by Roads and Buildings
- Record Heat in 2023 Worsened Global Droughts, Floods and Wildfires
Tuesday, January 2, 2024
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
- Being Prepared for Storm Surges on the Baltic Sea Coast
- 600 Years of Tree Rings Reveal Climate Risks in California
Monday, November 20, 2023
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Tuesday, September 12, 2023
- New Rivers in the North? Scientists Identify How the Dissection of Arctic Landscapes Is Changing With Accelerating Climate Change
- New Super-Fast Flood Model Has Potentially Life-Saving Benefits
Friday, September 8, 2023
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Thursday, August 24, 2023
- Millions of Carbon Credits Are Generated by Overestimating Forest Preservation, Study Finds
- New Study Examines Historical Drought and Flooding on the Amazon River
Monday, August 14, 2023
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Tuesday, April 11, 2023
- Stopping Storms from Creating Dangerous Urban Geysers
- The 2022 Durban Floods Were the Most Catastrophic Yet Recorded in KwaZulu-Natal
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
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Tuesday, February 7, 2023
- A Faster, More Accurate 3D Modelling Tool Recreates a Landscape's Digital Twin Down to the Pixel Level
- Glacial Flooding Threatens Millions Globally
- Devastating Cost of Future Coastal Flooding for Many Developing Nations Predicted in New Study
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Wednesday, October 12, 2022
- Under Pressure: Rethinking Coastal Land Use and Adaptation Strategies
- Report Shows Tectonics to Be Main Driver of Hillslope 'connectivity'
Thursday, September 29, 2022
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Friday, June 17, 2022
- Mangrove and Reef Restoration Yield Positive Returns on Investment for Flood Protection, Study Shows
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
- Rural Areas Near Coast Will Bear the Brunt of U.S. Sea-Level Rise
- Study Explores Uncertainties in Flood Risk Estimates
Thursday, June 9, 2022
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Tuesday, May 3, 2022
- New Portal Improves Forecasts of Devastating Storms in West Africa
- Study Develops Framework for Forecasting Contribution of Snowpack to Flood Risk During Winter Storms