By Joseph Bailey, University of Nottingham, UK. The Los Angeles River, and its iconic concrete channels, made the BBC news … More
Tag: Flooding
Let’s get a proper grip on flooding
By Edmund Penning-Rowsell, Middlesex University, London The floods in winter 2013 show the damage and disruption such events can cause. … More
Doing flood risk science differently?
By Helen Pallett A group of scientists at the University of Oxford have launched a new citizen science project to help … More
No change from climate change: island vulnerability
by Ilan Kelman Climate change is often touted as humanity’s biggest development challenge. Low-lying, tropical islands are particularly highlighted as … More
Before the Flood: Modelling Hybridity at the Science-Policy Interface
Martin Mahony Yesterday the UK Met Office reported that 2012 was the country’s second wettest year on record. The announcement … More
The Return of that Great British Institution, the Weather
By Briony Turner Somewhat regrettably, those scorching days admiring sporting finesse, feeling the heat of the sun against skin (and … More
Doing geography differently
I-Hsien Porter In mid-November, villages in Cornwall were severely affected by flooding. After 33 mm (1.4 in) of rain in … More
The ‘unfairness’ of flooding
By Kelly Wakefield It has been a year since the floods in Cockermouth, Cumbria devastated the county with 1300 homes … More
Recent Catastrophic Flooding
By Andy Hacket Pain This morning I typed “flooding” into Google News and, limiting the results to the last week, … More
Wild Weather
By Clare Boston After a mild and dry October, where temperatures in Britain were up to 1.0°C warmer than normal, … More
