by faster | Jun 3, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: EurekAlert! and AGU DATE: June 3, 2019 SNIP: The frequency of downpours of heavy rain–which can lead to flash floods, devastation, and outbreaks of waterborne disease–has increased across the globe in the past 50 years, research led by the Global...
by faster | Sep 7, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: AZ Central (USA Today) DATE: September 7, 2018 SNIP: Since 2000, the amount of water flowing in the Colorado River has dropped 19 percent below the average of the past century, a decline that has left the Southwest on the brink of a water shortage. Now, new...
by faster | Jun 24, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Washington Post DATE: June 24, 2018 SNIP: Torrential rain events across the United States are becoming more frequent and more intense, leading to record rainfall, rare extreme flooding and perilous infrastructure failures. Experts say the immense rains — some...
by faster | Sep 18, 2017 | Blog
SOURCE: Illinois News Bureau DATE: September 18, 2017 SNIP: Major floods and droughts receive a lot of attention in the context of climate change, but University of Illinois researchers analyzed over five decades of precipitation data from North America to find that...
by faster | Sep 14, 2017 | Blog
SOURCE: Think Progress DATE: September 14, 2017 SNIP: Hurricane Harvey’s landfall in Texas was “unprecedented” and “beyond anything experienced,” as the National Weather Service described it late last month. Now scientists are beginning to quantify just how...
