Inland Flooding and Hydrologic Impacts Archives

Impacts of climate change on terrestrial hydrological components and crop water use in the Chesapeake Bay watershed

Published:May 2021

Author(s):Parthkumar A. Modi, Daniel R. Fuka, Zachary M. Easton

Publisher:Elsevier

This study assessed the impacts of climate change on terrestrial hydrological components and Crop Water Use over the Chesapeake Bay watershed.Read More →

Quantifying relative contribution of land use change and climate change to streamflow alteration in the Bengawan Solo River, Indonesia

Published:April 2021

Author(s): Hero Marhaento, Martijn J. Booij, Naveed Ahmed

Publisher:Taylor & Francis

This study investigated the influence of land use change and climate change on changes in streamflow in the Bengawan Solo River basin, Indonesia.Read More →

Impacts of climate change on Moroccan’s groundwater resources: State of art and development prospects

Published:April 2021

Author(s):Naïma EL ASSAOUI, Abdelaziz Sadok, Imane Merimi

Publisher:Elsevier

This paper focuses on the analysis of the effects of climate change on groundwater resources.Read More →

Quantitative Study on Characteristics of Hydrological Drought in Arid Area of Northwest China Under Changing Environment

Published:April 2021

Author(s):Peng Yang, Jun Xia, Yongyong Zhang, Chesheng Zhan, Wei Cai, Shengqin Zhang, Wenyu Wang

Publisher:Elsevier

This study reveals the historical and future hydrological drought characteristics in the Aksu River Basin under a changing environment.Read More →

Colorado River flow dwindles as warming-driven loss of reflective snow energizes evaporation

Published:March 2021

Author(s):P. C. D. Milly, K. A. Dunne

Publisher:American Association for the Advancement of Science

This article shows that the decrease in Colorado River flow is due mainly to increased evapotranspiration caused by a reduction of albedo from snow loss.Read More →

Globally observed trends in mean and extreme river flow attributed to climate change

Published:March 2021

Author(s): LUKAS GUDMUNDSSON, JULIEN BOULANGE, HONG X. DO, SIMON N. GOSLING, MANOLIS G. GRILLAKIS, ARISTEIDIS G. KOUTROULIS, MICHAEL LEONARD, JUNGUO LIU, HANNES MÜLLER SCHMIED, LAMPRINI PAPADIMITRIOU, YADU POKHREL, SONIA I. SENEVIRATNE, YUSUKE SATOH, WIM THIERY, SETH WESTRA, XUEBIN ZHANG, FANG ZHAO

Publisher:American Association for the Advancement of Science

The fingerprint of anthropogenic climate change is apparent in river flow and hydrological extremes at the global scale.Read More →

Increasing importance of temperature as a contributor to the spatial extent of streamflow drought

Published:February 2021

Author(s):Manuela I Brunner, Daniel L Swain, Eric Gilleland, Andrew W Wood

Publisher:IOPscience

The authors conclude that continued global warming may further increase drought extents, requiring adaptation of regional drought management strategies.Read More →

Increased outburst flood hazard from Lake Palcacocha due to human-induced glacier retreat

Published:February 2021

Author(s):R. F. Stuart-Smith, G. H. Roe, S. Li & M. R. Allen

Publisher:Nature Geoscience

The retreat of Palcaraju glacier cannot be explained by natural variability alone, as human-induced warming equals between 85 and 105% (5–95% confidence interval) of the observed 1 °C warming in this region.Read More →

Press Release: 16 Million Children Affected by Massive Flooding in South Asia, with Millions More at Risk

Published:September 2020

Author(s):United Nations International Children's Fund

Publisher:United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF)

This article describes how monsoon rains and catastrophic flooding in Nepal, India, and Bangladesh left 16 million children and their families were in urgent need of life-saving support. Read More →

Anthropogenic Climate Change and Glacier Lake Outburst Flood Risk: Local and Global Drivers and Responsibilities for the Case of Lake Palcacocha, Peru

Published:August 2020

Author(s):Christian Huggel, Mark Carey, Adam Emmer, Holger Frey, Noah Walker-Crawford, and Ivo Wallimann-Helmer

Publisher:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Analysis of lake Palcacocha's case in the Andes of Peru, which offers a representative model for other glacier lakes and related risks around the world because it features a dynamic evolution of flood risk driven by physical and socioeconomic factorsRead More →

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