What's an atmospheric river? has now within six months been a stage for both fire and flood, two disasters made more common by climate change — a dance between horrific opposing extremes. town said they were bearing the effects of climate change for the second time in months due to the flooding. Atmospheric Rivers have long been a part of B.C.’s coastal climate, but scientists say climate change is making atmospheric rivers bigger, and more common for them to touch down in B.C. “So the high intensity atmospheric river, because the ground is already wet, is enough to cause certain layers of soil to fail,” he said.

Source: thestar November 16, 2021 05:13 UTC