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    In Pics: Impact of flooding and climate change on the world

    Climate change is a rising problem all over the world, causing disruption in the season cycles

    Moneycontrol News
    July 20, 2023 / 14:41 IST
    Take a look at the problems faced in climate change (Image: News18 Creative)
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    Take a look at the problems faced in climate change (Image: News18 Creative)
    Let's look at the severe problems we will face if we don't act urgently on climate change (Image: News18 Creative)
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    Let's look at the severe problems we will face if we don't act urgently on climate change (Image: News18 Creative)
    A research by NASA showed that intensity of extreme drought and rainfall has sharply increased in past 20 years (Image: News18 Creative)
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    A research by NASA showed that intensity of extreme drought and rainfall has sharply increased in past 20 years (Image: News18 Creative)
    2015 to 2021 were the warmest seven years seen (Image: News18 Creative)
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    2015 to 2021 were the warmest seven years seen (Image: News18 Creative)
    World's temperature has risen by about 1.2 C which plays important role in the occurence of severe floods (Image: News18 Creative)
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    The world's temperature has risen by about 1.2 C which plays important role in the occurrence of severe floods (Image: News18 Creative)
    Studys show 1 degree rise in temperature is equivalent to 7% rise in amount of water in atmosphere (Image: News18 Creative)
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    Studies show 1 degree rise in temperature is equivalent to 7 percent rise in amount of water in atmosphere (Image: News18 Creative)
    Climate change causes slower jet streams leading to prolonged and severe bouts of rainfall (Image: News18 Creative)
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    Climate change causes slower jet streams leading to prolonged and severe bouts of rainfall (Image: News18 Creative)
    There is a strong link between flooding and droughts (Image: News18 Creative)
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    There is a strong link between flooding and droughts (Image: News18 Creative)
    In 2022, 98% of displacement in the world were due to weather-related hazzards (Image: News18 Creative)
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    In 2022, 98 percent of displacement in the world were due to weather-related hazards (Image: News18 Creative)
    Weather-related issues like droughts, storms, floods, wildfire and landslides add upto 31845000 events (Image: News18 Creative)
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    Weather-related issues like droughts, storms, floods, wildfire and landslides add upto 31845000 events (Image: News18 Creative)
    Climate change has caused an increase in extreme heat and extreme rain (Image: News18 Creative)
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    Climate change has caused an increase in extreme heat and extreme rain (Image: News18 Creative)
    In future, coastal flooding will increase due to melting of glaciers (Image: News18 Creative)
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    In future, coastal flooding will increase due to melting of glaciers (Image: News18 Creative)
    Flash floods occur when there are intense precipitation events such as heavy snowfall and rains (Image: News18 Creative)
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    Flash floods occur when there are intense precipitation events such as heavy snowfall and rains (Image: News18 Creative)
    In future, the timing of these floods will get shorter but their magnitude or intensity will increase (Image: News18 Creative)
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    In future, the timing of these floods will get shorter but their magnitude or intensity will increase (Image: News18 Creative)
    Rainfall does not always result in flooding but definitely increases the probability of such events (Image: News18 Creative)
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    Rainfall does not always result in flooding but definitely increases the probability of such events and this new normal will only evolve and escalate in future (Image: News18 Creative)
    Moneycontrol News
    Tags: #climate change #flash floods #flooding #NASA #Slideshow
    first published: Jul 20, 2023 02:41 pm

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