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World’s Largest River Floods Five Times More Often Than It Used to
Extreme floods have become more frequent in the Amazon Basin in just the last two to three decades, according to a new study.
After analyzing 113 years of Amazon River levels in Port...
People in Coastal Areas ‘Need to Seriously Consider Relocation’
People living in coastal areas need to seriously consider moving further inland to escape the threat of climate change-related flooding.That’s according to Luciana Esteves, Associate Professor at Bournemouth University, who says coastal...
Climate Change To Lead To More Frequent UK Flooding, Warns Environment Agency
5.2 million properties in England are at risk of flooding, and increases in the frequency of intense bouts of flooding are expected across England due to changes in the country’s climate, warns...
Climate change is changing nature so much it may need ‘human-assisted evolution’, scientists say
Life on Earth has already been fundamentally altered by global warming, affecting the genes of plants and animals and altering every ecosystem on the planet, according to a major review of the...
Greenland’s Huge Annual Ice Loss Is Even Worse than Thought
The huge annual losses of ice from the Greenland cap are even worse than thought, according to new research which also shows that the melt is not a short-term blip but a...
