Bottom line: Even leaving aside climate change, we must expect a far higher frequency of flooding than previously predicted, because the prevailing models are off by at least 40%. Trees in the region grow more, and put on wider rings, in wet monsoon years. These cores that we take are really small and do not injure or harm the trees. But while we know things are going to get very much wetter, this does not mean disaster is inevitable. They conclude, “potential changes in policy, land use or infrastructure [can] ameliorate ‘flood risk.’”Vivek Menezes is a writer based in Goa, India.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 03, 2020 20:15 UTC