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Climate change makes extreme weather more likely to hit UK [1]

Catastrophic floods such as those that southern Britain experienced earlier this year are now more likely, owing to climate change caused by greenhouse-gas emissions. Simulations presented last week at the annual assembly of the European Geosciences Union in Vienna show that the risk of extremely wet winters in the region has increased by about 25% compared to the pre-industrial era.

Publication Date: 
06/05/2014
Quirin Schiermeier [2]
Nature [3]
Tags:
Climate Change [4], Extreme Weather Events [5], United Kingdom (UK) [6], Climate Science [7], Green House Gases [8], Rainfall [9]

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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/nature
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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/extreme-weather-events
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-kingdom-uk
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-science
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rainfall