Sentences with phrase «global flooding worsens»

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One of the negative environmental conditions that will worsen with the effects of global warming is the flooding of farmland due to torrential rain.

The results of this study show that substantial worsening of flood risk can be avoided by limiting the global warming to lower temperature thresholds.

The 8 inches of sea level rise produced by global warming so far has worsened the tolls of storm surges, including those caused by Hurricane Sandy, and subjected coastal cities to high tide flooding of unprecedented frequency.

Global climate change is expected to cause, and in many cases has already been linked to, melting of the Arctic, global sea level rise, increased droughts and floods, worsening extreme weather, mass extinction, desertification, amid other impacts such as increased global conflict and fGlobal climate change is expected to cause, and in many cases has already been linked to, melting of the Arctic, global sea level rise, increased droughts and floods, worsening extreme weather, mass extinction, desertification, amid other impacts such as increased global conflict and fglobal sea level rise, increased droughts and floods, worsening extreme weather, mass extinction, desertification, amid other impacts such as increased global conflict and fglobal conflict and famine.

Those two companies manufactured fossil fuels that have contributed to global warming and thereby increased the number and severity of wildfires, droughts, and flash flooding, while also worsening air quality, harming forest health, and increasing mortality from heat waves.