In a commentary article published in the journal Earth's Future, researchers at the University of California, Irvine … call on scientists to more accurately model these risks and caution against overly dramatized reporting of future risks in the news media. … "Bathtub models can both overpredict and underpredict flooding," said co-author Brett Sanders, UC Irvine Chancellor's Professor of civil & environmental engineering. "One of the biggest causes of error is that bathtub models fail to accurately account for the systems in place to protect people and assets, including storm drains, levees and pumping." Read More
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