Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

Large increase in global storm runoff extremes driven by climate and anthropogenic changes

  • Jiabo Yin,
  • Pierre Gentine,
  • Sha Zhou,
  • Sylvia C. Sullivan,
  • Ren Wang,
  • Yao Zhang,
  • Shenglian Guo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06765-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Storm runoff extremes dominate flash flood formation and generation, posing a grand threat to ecosystems and communities across the world. Here the authors show that current projected response of these storm runoff extremes to climate and anthropogenic changes are underestimated.