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Climate change increasing flood risk in the UK
2014-05-01 12:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Climate change is increasing the risk of extreme rainfall and flooding in Britain, according to the findings of a pioneering new study presented at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) conference in Vienna on Wednesday. Following the wettest winter since records began in 1767, during which many parts of the UK were flooded for months, the Oxford University project concludes that manmade global warming has increased the risk of extreme rainfall in southern England and Wales by about 20-25%. At...
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