Global warming increases flood risk in mountain areas
Friday, January 22, 2010 - 02:28
in Earth & Climate
The world's mountainous regions are home to about 800 million people and the source of some of the world's major rivers. In these regions, runoff is strongly affected by temperature. This suggests that flooding could be quite sensitive to global warming, but there has been some lack of scientific consensus on the effects of temperature variations on floods.