Climate-driven trends in the occurrence of major floods across North America and Europe

• Main Authors: Hodgkins, G.A, Whitfield, P.H., Burn, D.H., Hannaford, J., Renard, B., Stahl, K., Fleig, A.K., Madsen, H., Mediero, L., Korhonen, J., Murphy, C., Crochet, P., Wilson, D.
• Other Authors: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AUGUSTA USA, ENVIRONMENT CANADA VANCOUVER CAN, UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO ONTARIO CAN, CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY WALLINGFORD GBR, IRSTEA LYON UR HHLY FRA, UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG DEU, NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE OSLO NOR, DHI HORSHOLM DNK, TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MADRID ESP, FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE HELSINKI FIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND MAYNOOTH IRL, ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE REYKJAVIK ISL
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: INONDATION; TENDANCE; CLIMAT; flooding; trends; climate; Canada; Norway; Soi; Iceland
• Online Access: https://irsteadoc.irstea.fr/cemoa/PUB00052220

Every year river floods cause enormous damage around the world. Recent major floods in North America and Europe, for example, have received much press, with some concluding that these floods are more frequent in recent years as a result of anthropogenic warming. There has been considerable scientifi...