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Climate change: every bit of global warming is making floods and droughts worse

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20 October 20227 February 2023

You only have to recall the series of recent climate extremes – devastating monsoon floods in Pakistan, coastal and urban inundation from Hurricane Ian’s deluge, storm surges across the Caribbean…Read More >

Climate change: every bit of global warming is making floods and droughts worse

Drought: heavy rain now might be a serious problem for the UK’s parched landscape

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24 August 20227 February 2023

This year, World Water Week (23 August – 1 September) focuses on Seeing the Unseen: The Value of Water. This article by Rob Thompson, Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Meteorology at…Read More >

Drought: heavy rain now might be a serious problem for the UK’s parched landscape

If we don’t learn from past climate disasters, they will claim more lives in the future

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12 November 2021

A central focus of discussions at the ongoing UN climate summit COP26 in Glasgow is how to adapt to a warming world, including how to prevent climate hazards from becoming…Read More >

Overshadowed by COVID: the deadly extreme weather of 2020

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5 January 2021

The year 2020 will no doubt go down in history for other reasons, but it is also on target to be one of the warmest on record. And as the…Read More >

Why COVID-19 has left the UK especially vulnerable to flooding this winter

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8 December 2020

Winter is here and, as a researcher who monitors flooding, I find it more daunting than ever. The UK faces a formidable trend of warmer and wetter winters, which already increase the…Read More >

Monsoon flooding in Bangladesh: how forecasting can help protect lives and livelihoods

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9 November 20209 November 2020

The impacts of the 2020 monsoon floods in Bangladesh were devastating with more than 5 million people affected, 41 deaths and tens of thousands of people from low-lying areas being…Read More >

As sea levels rise, are we ready to live behind giant walls?

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15 May 202022 May 2020

Climate change, it’s fair to say, is complicated. And it’s big. One of the main challenges of responding effectively is simply getting your head around the scale of the problem….Read More >

Housebuilding ban on floodplains isn’t enough – flood-prone communities should take back control

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27 February 20205 March 2020

Climate change has made some types of floods more likely. In a recent post for The Conversation, Professor Hannah Cloke writes that people should be empowered to prepare for the…Read More >

Climate change: six positive news stories from 2019

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6 January 202024 April 2023

Extreme weather events may be becoming more frequent, but at least we’re getting better at forecasting them. Professor Hannah Cloke contributes to a round-up of some good news stories about…Read More >

Flash flooding is a serious threat in the UK – here’s how scientists are tackling its prediction

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7 December 201929 January 2020

Linda Speight co-authors a new piece for The Conversation on recent research which means that a step-change in flash flood forecasting is now possible.

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