Climate change impact on flood and extreme precipitation increases with water availability

The hydrological cycle is expected to intensify with global warming, which likely increases the intensity of extreme precipitation events and the risk of flooding. The changes, however, often differ from the theorized expectation of increases in water‐holding capacity of the atmosphere in the warmer...

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Vydané v:Scientific reports Ročník 10; číslo 1; s. 13768 - 10
Hlavný autor: Tabari, Hossein
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: London Nature Publishing Group UK 13.08.2020
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Climate change
Environmental impact
Environmental risk
Extreme weather
Flooding
Floods
Global warming
Humanities and Social Sciences
Hydrologic cycle
multidisciplinary
Precipitation
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Water availability
ISSN:2045-2322, 2045-2322
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Shrnutí:The hydrological cycle is expected to intensify with global warming, which likely increases the intensity of extreme precipitation events and the risk of flooding. The changes, however, often differ from the theorized expectation of increases in water‐holding capacity of the atmosphere in the warmer conditions, especially when water availability is limited. Here, the relationships of changes in extreme precipitation and flood intensities for the end of the twenty-first century with spatial and seasonal water availability are quantified. Results show an intensification of extreme precipitation and flood events over all climate regions which increases as water availability increases from dry to wet regions. Similarly, there is an increase in the intensification of extreme precipitation and flood with the seasonal cycle of water availability. The connection between extreme precipitation and flood intensity changes and spatial and seasonal water availability becomes stronger as events become less extreme.
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ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-020-70816-2