Die Entwaldung kann das Risiko einer großen Überschwemmungen um bis zu 700% erhöhen
https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2025/10/Deforestation-eight-fold-increase-flood-event-risk?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social
Die Entwaldung kann das Risiko einer großen Überschwemmungen um bis zu 700% erhöhen
https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2025/10/Deforestation-eight-fold-increase-flood-event-risk?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social
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Morning r/science! Sharing this study that was led by our researcher Professor Ashish Sharma.
The study analysed decades of flooding data from regions in Australia that frequently suffer bushfires (forest fires/wild fires), and found that the chance of large-scale flooding in a specific catchment area can increase by as much as 700% if widespread deforestation has occurred.
The loss of forest canopy has long been claimed to increase the risk of flooding – but actually proving the direct link has proven difficult, since the impact of other factors are hard to exclude.
The study team have now confirmed the correlation and determined there is a very significant increase in the risk of flooding if forest canopies are removed from catchment areas.
The study has been published in the [Communications Earth & Environment journal](https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2025/10/Deforestation-eight-fold-increase-flood-event-risk), if you’d like to check it out.