Disastrous floods have caused millions of fatalities in the twentieth century, tens of billions of
dollars of direct economic loss each year and serious disruption to global trade. In this …

The causes of biodiversity change are of great scientific interest and central to policy efforts
aimed at meeting biodiversity targets. Changes in species diversity and high rates of …

This paper presents a review of trend analysis of extreme precipitation and hydrological
floods in Europe based on observations and future climate projections. The review …

Managing flood risk, ie both the hazard and the potential consequences, is an important
aspect of adapting to global change and has gained much traction in recent decades. As a …

Statistical and physically-based methods have been used for designing and assessing
water infrastructure such as spillways and stormwater drainage systems. Traditional …

This study investigates the presence of trends in annual maximum daily streamflow data
from the Global Runoff Data Centre database, which holds records of 9213 stations across …

There is growing concern that flooding is becoming more frequent and severe in Europe. A
better understanding of flood regime changes and their drivers is therefore needed. The …

Concern over the potential impact of anthropogenic climate change on flooding has led to a
proliferation of studies examining past flood trends. Many studies have analysed annual …

There is serious concern that the hazard, or probability, of river floods is increasing over
time. Starting from narratives that are sometimes discussed in public, the article addresses …

Frequency and duration of floods are analyzed using the global flood database of the
Dartmouth Flood Observatory (DFO) to explore evidence of trends during 1985–2015 at …