Political Science professor @UWaterloo. Senior Fellow @CIGIonline. Research on policy and governance of climate resilience.
May 1, 2019 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Does climate change mean more flooding in Canada? My read of the scientific literature is that we can expect more flooding along rivers, in urban areas and in coastal zones. Here's a thread with some sources.
Burn, Donald H., and Paul H. Whitfield. 2018. “Changes in Flood Events Inferred from Centennial Length Streamflow Data Records.” doi.org/10.1016/j.advw….
"All flood regimes show an increased number of threshold exceeding events."