Increasing risk of great foods in a changing climate

Radiative effects of anthropogenic changes in atmospheric omposition are expected to cause climate changes, in particular an intensification of the global water cycle with a consequent increase in flood risk. But the detection of anthropogenically forced changes in flooding is difficult because of t...

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Published inNature (London) Vol. 415; no. 6871; p. 514
Main Authors Milly, P C D, Wetherald, R T, Dunne, K A, Delworth, T L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Nature Publishing Group 31.01.2002
Subjects
Anthropogenic factors
Climate change
Climate models
Computer based modeling
Environmental risk
Floods
Forecasting
Greenhouse gases
Hydrologic cycle
Stream discharge
Stream flow
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Summary:Radiative effects of anthropogenic changes in atmospheric omposition are expected to cause climate changes, in particular an intensification of the global water cycle with a consequent increase in flood risk. But the detection of anthropogenically forced changes in flooding is difficult because of the substantial natural variability; the dependence of streamflow trends on flow regime further complicates the issue.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/415514a