FLOODING
Climate-induced flooding from extreme rain storms, hurricanes and sea-level rise is impacting lives and landscapes around the planet. Almost one third of the world’s population faces significant risk from flooding.
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Climate change is driving flooding to the next level.
The past few years have witnessed a relentless barrage of devastating floods across the globe, painting a grim picture of a world increasingly submerged.
Flooding is plaguing our water supplies.
Smart water quality monitoring can help detect drinking water contaminants in flooded areas.
Wind power could hold
back the floods.
Despite record-breaking heat waves, a megadrought in the U.S., and wildfires in Europe, it’s also been a summer of historic rainfall and 1,000 year flooding events.
The climate is changing
our history.
The 2019 floods in Venice put 70 percent of the city underwater at one point. 150 million people worldwide are now living on land that will be underwater by 2050.