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Aug 12, 2022 · A megaflood. A new study by Science Advances shows climate change has already doubled the chances of a disastrous flood happening in California in the next four decades.
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Megafloods are paleofloods (past floods) that involved rates of water flow larger than those in the historical record. They are studied through the sedimentary deposits and the erosional and constructional landforms that individual megafloods have created.
Feb 19, 2022 · The Missoula megafloods are thought to have happened between 18,000 and 15,500 years ago. Glacial Lake Missoula formed when a large chunk of the Cordilleran ice sheet dammed the Clark Fork Valley, with glacial melt water building up behind it.
Aug 13, 2022 · New research suggests climate change increases the likelihood of a massive California "megaflood," akin to the Great Flood of 1862. That disaster, brought on by more than 40 days of constant...
Aug 15, 2022 · According to new research published on Friday, a disastrous megaflood could bring so much water to some areas of the state that it could completely drown entire stop signs on a neighborhood...
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Aug 14, 2022 · A megaflood. A new study by Science Advances shows climate change has already doubled the chances of a disastrous flood happening in California in the next four decades. And experts say it...
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Aug 12, 2022 · The study used a combination of new, high-resolution weather modeling and existing climate models to learn that the risk of a “megaflood” increases as global temperature rises.
