Add Anthropogenic to the List of Flood Factors

Jul 14, 2020

Editor’s note: This post about the anthropogenic causes of flooding was written by Steve Grimmer, Artist Mechanic at Little River. River scientists, conservationists, and consultants who work ‘in the field,’ have for a long time understood, both from an intuitive and...

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Earth’s surface has more rivers than thought

Jan 22, 2019

By Erin Cotter, Research Assistant and Prototyper at LRRD Using satellite images, ground measurements, and a statistical model, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Texas A&M University have recently found the surface area of streams...

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The UK’s Rivers Trust uses our Em2 to protect people from floods.

Jun 24, 2014

Last winter England saw terrible flooding that has renewed concern over river and floodplain management in the UK and EU. Parts of the UK saw the wettest January in history.  The Rivers Trust is a key player in advancing knowledge and practice in this area; our...

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“We are now in a new climate regime…”

Jun 11, 2013

Jeff Masters said it well: “If it seems like getting two 1-in-100 to 1-in-500 year floods in eleven years is a bit suspicious–well, it is.  Those recurrence intervals are based on weather statistics from Earth’s former climate. We are now in a new...

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2013 resolution: Face up to the climate cliff

Jan 11, 2013

Note: This post is by Sara Shipley Hiles, an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Missouri.  She is also a freelance journalist and longtime environmental reporter and member of the Society of Environmental Journalists.  While at the St. Louis...

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