The frequency of flooding will increase due to climate change

According to a study published in the British Journal of Natural Climate Change on June 9, uncontrollable progress on global warming will increase the risk of flooding. 42% of the Earth's surface , mainly in Asia and Africa, at the end of the 21st century.

In this study, the team led by Yukiko Hirabayashi of the Tokyo University of Technology Innovation (Japan), estimated that if between now and 2100, the Earth's temperature will increase. At 3.5 degrees Celsius, the number of people at risk of flooding will increase from the current 5.6 million to 80 million.

Flooding frequency will increase in large areas in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia-Europe, East and South Africa, and South America. However, this study also shows that the flooding frequency is expected to decrease in some specific areas, accounting for about 18% of the Earth's surface area.

The warning was made by the research team based on information on 11 current climate models and a separate program of this group designed to forecast floods in rivers.

This group of researchers thinks that if the Earth continues to warm without effective measures to cope, every 10 to 50 years there will be a series of massive floods on a lot. The river is among the 29 major rivers of the world, while currently that frequency happens to be once in a century.

Therefore, researchers have emphasized the need to consider the risk of flooding when aiming to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases that lead to warming on Earth.