National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council Report

News from the National Academies

Date: Aug. 24, 2011

Climate Change and Extreme Hydrology

A “grand challenge” to understand the manifestation of change in floods and droughts faces climate and water science researchers, says a new report from the National Research Council based on proceedings from a workshop. A coherent picture of how these phenomena will shift due to changes in climate and land use has yet to emerge, but better understanding could be achieved through greater exchange of research findings among climate scientists, water scientists, and engineers.