Notes from section introduction in my own words:
Temperature worldwide has risen by at least 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit.
The warming of the atmosphere has made many climate shifts, some can have large flooding risks.
Rainfall has increased over the past few decades. Notes from subheading in my own words: More Heavy Rainfall:
Warm temperature has brought more rainfall, because warmer air holds more rain.
In the US the worst rainfall events have increased by at least 20% every 100 years.
North America is having more than 90-day intervals with precipitation, which is top five of the historical average.
Western America has seen normal streamflow followed by multiyear extreme droughts.
In the Northeast and Midwest, huge storms would normally happen every 20 years, are now going to occur every four to six years at the end of the 21th century. …show more content…
Snow melt discharge is happening five to twenty days earlier that it did 50 years ago.
Shortages in water in the fall and summer can make spring and winter floods.
Weather in winter is changing from snow to rain.
Snow fall has declined by 23% in the Northeast and 9% in the Western United States (since 1949)
Notes from subheading in my own words: Earlier Springs and Ice-jam Floods:
Ice can block rivers and lakes and create dams that cause flooding.
Ice jams can decrease in some regions because it is not cold
Temperature worldwide has risen by at least 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit.
The warming of the atmosphere has made many climate shifts, some can have large flooding risks.
Rainfall has increased over the past few decades. Notes from subheading in my own words: More Heavy Rainfall:
Warm temperature has brought more rainfall, because warmer air holds more rain.
In the US the worst rainfall events have increased by at least 20% every 100 years.
North America is having more than 90-day intervals with precipitation, which is top five of the historical average.
Western America has seen normal streamflow followed by multiyear extreme droughts.
In the Northeast and Midwest, huge storms would normally happen every 20 years, are now going to occur every four to six years at the end of the 21th century. …show more content…
Snow melt discharge is happening five to twenty days earlier that it did 50 years ago.
Shortages in water in the fall and summer can make spring and winter floods.
Weather in winter is changing from snow to rain.
Snow fall has declined by 23% in the Northeast and 9% in the Western United States (since 1949)
Notes from subheading in my own words: Earlier Springs and Ice-jam Floods:
Ice can block rivers and lakes and create dams that cause flooding.
Ice jams can decrease in some regions because it is not cold