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Global heating and urbanisation to blame for severity of UAE floods, study finds
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 3 days ago - 15:02
World Weather Attribution group says intensified El Niño effects caused torrential rain, but rules out cloud seeding as cause
Fossil fuels and concrete combined to worsen the “death-trap” conditions during the recent record flooding in the United Arab Emirates and Oman, a study has found.
Scientists from the World Weather Attribution team said downpours in El Niño years, such as this one, had become 10-40% heavier in the region as a result of human-cased climate disruption, while a lack of natural drainage quickly turned roads into rivers.
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