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Climate change worsened Chinese extreme heat and flooding event in 2020: Study

Source(s): PhysOrg, Omicron Technology Ltd
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Man-made global warming exacerbated an incident of extreme flooding and heat in eastern China in 2020, according to a study released Wednesday, which highlighted the need to prepare for increasingly intense episodes of such weather in the country.

Researchers said that warming created by human activity caused an increase in rain that summer by around 6.5 percent, and increased heat by around one degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit).

Record rains fell in June and July around the lower part of the Yangtze River during the monsoon, causing the deaths of more than 100 people and billions of dollars in damage, said the study published in the journal Science Advances.

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Hazards Flood Heatwave
Themes Climate change Risk identification and assessment
Country and region China

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