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| − | Due to higher precipitation rates many areas face an increased risk of flooding and drought. Heavy precipitation events (as a proportion of total precipitation from heavy rainfalls) are very likely to happen more frequently. This may result in rain-generated floods. Other regions face an increased frequency of extreme drought. A special challenge consists in very arid regions that experience sudden and heavy rainfall: The soil is too dry to absorb the water. <br/> | + | Due to higher precipitation rates many areas face an increased risk of flooding and drought. Heavy precipitation events (as a proportion of total precipitation from heavy rainfalls) are very likely to happen more frequently. This may result in rain-generated floods. Other regions face an increased frequency of extreme drought. In semi-arid regions the variability and magnitude of rainfall-events strengthen the risk of soil loss and the devolpment of badlands. <br/> |
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| | Additionally, there is a trend toward drying in continnenal interiors, in particular in the subtropics, low and mid-latitudes during the summer months. <ref>Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2008): Technical Paper on Climate Change and Water. Finalized at the 37th Session of the IPCC Bureau. http://www.ipcc.ch/meetings/session28/doc13.pdf [accessed 31 May 2013]</ref> | | Additionally, there is a trend toward drying in continnenal interiors, in particular in the subtropics, low and mid-latitudes during the summer months. <ref>Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2008): Technical Paper on Climate Change and Water. Finalized at the 37th Session of the IPCC Bureau. http://www.ipcc.ch/meetings/session28/doc13.pdf [accessed 31 May 2013]</ref> |
Revision as of 14:36, 31 July 2013
Due to higher precipitation rates many areas face an increased risk of flooding and drought. Heavy precipitation events (as a proportion of total precipitation from heavy rainfalls) are very likely to happen more frequently. This may result in rain-generated floods. Other regions face an increased frequency of extreme drought. In semi-arid regions the variability and magnitude of rainfall-events strengthen the risk of soil loss and the devolpment of badlands.
Additionally, there is a trend toward drying in continnenal interiors, in particular in the subtropics, low and mid-latitudes during the summer months. [1]
References
- ↑ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2008): Technical Paper on Climate Change and Water. Finalized at the 37th Session of the IPCC Bureau. http://www.ipcc.ch/meetings/session28/doc13.pdf [accessed 31 May 2013]
