Deforestation in snowy regions causes more floods

Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - 11:31 in Earth & Climate

New research suggests that cutting down swaths of forest in snowy regions at least doubles – and potentially quadruples – the number of large floods that occur along the rivers and streams passing through those forests.

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