Compare and contrast: As climate change amplifies urban flooding, here’s how communities can become ‘sponge cities’

The Conversation – United States

“When it rains, it pours” once was a metaphor for bad things happening in clusters. Now it’s becoming a statement of fact about rainfall in a changing climate. Across the continental U.S., intense single-day precipitation events are growing more frequent, fueled by warming air that can hold increasing levels of moisture. Click here to continue reading