“If it’s just enough to make soil moisture conditions a little bit higher, that would increase the risk of flooding significantly,” said @mo_ombadi, assistant professor of climate and space sciences and engineering @UMengineering, whose research suggests that mountain communities become more flood-prone if they experience rainfall in the days and weeks before an extreme precipitation event via @washingtonpost: https://t.co/zNU3rKW3Bp
Mohammed Ombadi, assistant professor at @UMCLASP, was featured in a @WIRED article that explains why rain is getting more extreme as temperatures rise and how hazards multiply when there’s more precipitation as rain instead of snow. https://t.co/W2DuiplEas
@MichaelPunch13 Moreover, the increase in rainfall extremes does not negate the increase in droughts because intense rainfall might be more concentrated in few times a year, while the rest of the year is dry. Such an effect of transitioning between wet/dry episodes have been documented in Cali.
.@umclasp's @mo_ombadi: "As a climate scientist, I am exploring links between climate change and extreme weather events and the impacts those events have. Understanding the connections is crucial to developing strategies to adapt..." via @ConversationUS https://t.co/QPJWwWLQ8g
@MichaelPunch13 Affecting the strength of natural variability cycles such as ElNino. These factors contribute toward increasing the frequency and severity of droughts. Since drought occur because of both precipitation and temperature anomalies, higher temperatures also increase drought risk
After severe flooding on almost every continent this year, including in California, New York and Vermont, it can seem like extreme rainfall is becoming more common. What role does global warming play in this? @mo_ombadi explains: https://t.co/M8IhUbHmb1
@galenlittle Thanks, Galen. Absolutely, adaptation and mitigation must go hand in hand. Nature-based solutions for both is a promising area of research that we need to invest in as a community.
In a @WSJ article about this summer's extreme weather, @UMclasp assistant professor Mohammed Ombadi explains that as Earth's atmosphere warms, it holds more water vapor, which causes heavy rainfalls leading to catastrophic flooding. https://t.co/poJVqHXEO2
Four climate scientists spoke with @VoxDotCom about the factors behind the rise of extreme weather seen around the world. @UMclasp assistant professor Mohammed Ombadi discusses how global warming is increasing the intensity of heavy storms. https://t.co/AZR5cxyHCn
As #ClimateChange raises temperatures, mountains across the Northern Hemisphere will be vulnerable to extreme rain – and the flooding, landslides, and soil erosion that comes with it. @eesalbnl@ENERGY
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"We need to factor these results into how we design and build the infrastructure in these mountainous regions, so that they can withstand the negative consequences of increases in rainfall extremes." - Lab researcher Mo Ombadi. #ClimateChange
Shifting extreme snowfall to rainfall "is not just a far-off problem that is projected to occur in the future," @eesalbnl's Mohammed Ombadi says. "We are already seeing that in the data." #ClimateChange#ExtremeWeather
Proud to be a part of this study led by @mo_ombadi@BerkeleyLab@eesalbnl in @Nature that shows north. hemi. extreme🌧️in🏔️becomes more amplified with warming (15%/°C) compared with low-lying regions using mult. lines of evidence📊🖥️@markdrisser@charuleka https://t.co/vcZVlfbgCh