Scientists have explained why the planet is waiting for the great flood

The earth is waiting for "the great flood". As journalists found out, the Apocalypse of our planet scare physics from the Chinese University of Wuhan.

As writes the edition of Nature Communications, according to them, the fact that the constant growth of average temperatures on our planet leads to a global increase in powerful storms and floods.

The natural disasters many countries have faced this year.

Scientists say: "We tried to reveal the physical mechanisms explaining why flooding and heavy rains.

They say that with increasing global warming the frequency of natural disasters will increase. In addition, as calculated physics, "for every one-degree heat of summer will increase the number of deaths by five percent."

Chinese spoke in the Lorenz cycle – the energy cycle in the atmosphere, and the related process of energy. To do this, physicists analyzed data from meteorological stations in different parts of our planet over the last fifty years.

In the end, scientists have determined that the "current climate predictions significantly underestimate the frequency of occurrence of sudden floods, which are associated with a sharp increase in rainfall during certain periods." changes of land use.

According to the forecast, flooding is more likely to affect the US and the EU, as well as some regions of China and Canada. Physicists say that "the frequency of heavy rains and floods will increase by forty percent for each additional degree of heat."

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