Floods and Climate Change

Tue, 11/03/2008 - 09:21 — James

Just so we don’t miss this report, last summer’s floods were not caused by climate change.

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Tue, 11/03/2008 - 22:14 — Anonymous (not verified)

I don’t totally understand

I don't totally understand that - surely the fact that we had too big spells of rain could be somehting to do with climate change?

Tue, 11/03/2008 - 22:35 — James

Not necessarily

With a constant climate you would get more rainfall some days than others, and more some years than others. Unusually heavy rain doesn't mean the climate is changing.

The argument of the report in question is that it was the precise times of year when the heavy amounts fell that combined to give the floods. That can happen even in a year with relatively low rainfall.

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