"Over the past month, the people of Bangladesh have suffered the worst flooding in living memory"
"Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced and 7.2 million have been impacted, according to the UN"
“Up to my neck in the climate crisis”
Conversation
Replying to
“flooding is the worst in 122 years in the Sylhet region,” said Atiqul Haque, Director General of Bangladesh’s Department of Disaster Management - Reuters
floodlist.com/asia/banglades
"Government has moved over 472,000 people to some 1,605 shelter centres"
2
10
9
Extreme precipitation has increased across large parts of Bangladesh (and indeed across much of the northern part of the Indian subcontinent) over the last 70 years
See Figure 4.3(f) of our chapter on Water in the IPCC 6th Assessment Report on Impacts
ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2
3
4
7
Replying to
BBC 2008: "Bangladesh landmass 'is growing'..Satellite images of Bangladesh over past 32 yrs show that the country is GROWING annually by about 20 square km..in the next 50 years this could add up to the country gaining 1,000 sq km" news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asi
2
4
26
Replying to
The recent floods are not to do with sea level rise, but heavy rainfall, which has increased
Quote Tweet
Extreme precipitation has increased across large parts of Bangladesh (and indeed across much of the northern part of the Indian subcontinent) over the last 70 years
See Figure 4.3(f) of our chapter on Water in the IPCC 6th Assessment Report on Impacts
ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2
Show this thread
2
2
Show replies
Replying to
As a scientist, I would expect you to call-out factual inaccuracies in the media in your specialist subject. Instead you retweet them to spread misinformation. Why?
4
Replying to
To what extent will Bangladesh have less frequent/ less intense floods if the U.K. meets its net zero targets?
4
Replying to
80% of the country is in the delta plain of 3 rivers coming from the Himalayas
2
This Tweet is from a suspended account. Learn more
Replying to
Au contraire
Quote Tweet
Extreme precipitation has increased across large parts of Bangladesh (and indeed across much of the northern part of the Indian subcontinent) over the last 70 years
See Figure 4.3(f) of our chapter on Water in the IPCC 6th Assessment Report on Impacts
ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2
Show this thread
2
2
Show replies