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Across the uk, destruction from flooding costs an estimated £700 million per year. here at the fathom labs in bristol, theyre simulating all of the causes of flooding, creating maps that will help people to plan and prepare. we call this a flood hazard map. so what weve done is weve simulated the probability and intensity of flooding on every river in the uk. scientists used layers of information about what causes flooding. they mapped the terrain of mainland britain and combined that with data...

Thereve been repeated devastating floods here in recent years. and when the water subsides, it can take months to repair the damage to homes and businesses. across the uk, destruction from flooding costs an estimated £700 million per year. here at the fathom labs in bristol, theyre simulating all of the causes of flooding, creating maps that will help people to plan and prepare. we call this a flood hazard map. so what weve done is weve simulated the probability and intensity of flooding on eve...

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Its incredibly fast. its a wave of destruction. its physically and mentally hard for people here. there have been repeated devastating floods here in recent years and when the water subsides, it can take months to repair the damage to homes and businesses. across the uk, destruction from flooding costs an estimated £700 million every year. here at the fathom labs in bristol, theyre simulating all of the causes of flooding, creating maps that will help people to plan and prepare. wed call this a...

Get in this area? its catastrophic. its incredibly fast. its a wave of destruction. its physically and mentally hard for people here. thereve been repeated devastating floods here in recent years. and when the water subsides, it can take months to repair the damage to homes and businesses. across the uk, destruction from flooding costs an estimated £700 million per year. here at the fathom labs in bristol, theyre simulating all of the causes of flooding, creating maps that will help people to p...

Nine-foot deep channel open. by soaking up enough silt and sand to fill up an olympic-sized swimming pool. can you dredge your way out of it? >> we can dredge up to this point and then mother nature wins. >> saltwater from the gulf of mexico is threatening the drinking water supply. baton rouge has a new tourist attraction. a sunken boat resurfaced as the water receded. this punishing drought comes as climate change is making rainfall patterns all over the country more extreme. >> its drought or...

In this case the elderly more so -- >> seems to have greater impact on older generations. >> you can see why. its not an op civil miserable day if you are just struggling to get through it on a good day, you can understand how that mounts up as well. theres all the knock off effects, there is the stress and the fear. they looked at vietnam over a one year of drought wellness scores fell by 11%. this is something gallup hopes that lawmakers and policymakers look at. its not just measuring physica...

As cities and regions around the world are getting incorporated into the globalisation and urbanisation processes, they simultaneously exhibit characteristics that are more diverse and complex due to the relations of their local and regional bases. It holds for many Indian cities, which are restructuring themselves under the process of urbanisation, but with their unique

This article looks at a recent study published in Nature Geoscience, which details shifts in regional water availability caused by global tree restoration.

How do we adapt agriculture? the whole issue of food security, water security, rainfall patterns have changed significantly, affecting food production and as i said, water security. how do we protect ourselves against that? increasing temperatures, the health implications on people, vector—borne diseases which are on our increase. these are all some of the things that are required. in orderfor us to adapt better to these extreme conditions we are continuing to face. ., .,, conditions we are co...