Warmer winters and more flooding will be the norm in the UK, scientists warn. The period between July and December in 2023 was the wettest on record for the UK
by Wagamaga
Warmer winters and more flooding will be the norm in the UK, scientists warn. The period between July and December in 2023 was the wettest on record for the UK
by Wagamaga
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Hydrologist Hannah Cloke has a straightforward description of the inundation that has just struck Britain. “Our decorations may have come down but the flood warning map is currently lit up like a Christmas tree.”
And the immediate cause of this mayhem is clear. A sequence of storms this autumn and winter – Babet, Ciarán, Debi, Elin, Fergus and Gerrit – have turned Britain into “a sopping wet sponge”, as the Reading University researcher put it.
According to the Clausius-Clapeyron equation, the air can generally hold around 7% more moisture for every 1C of temperature rise.