New #ClimateChange study shows increasing risk for compound climate disasters - namely heatwaves deplete soil moisture making soils hydrophobic followed by extreme rainfall which runs off causing flooding, landslides, and debris flows.
"the risk of compound climate extremes is projected to increase 2–3 times over most global land masses in future Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 8.5 forcing compared with historical forcing" https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022EF003466
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