'Greater' flood risk to UK

06 September 2007

Britain faces a greater risk of flooding than widely anticipated because surface run-off predictions do not consider the impact of carbon dioxide on plants, scientists have warned.

Scientists from the Met Office Hadley Centre reveal that an increase in carbon dioxide causes plants to extract less water from the soil, leaving more water to drain into rivers.

Adding to the river flow increases already expected due to climate change. The study shows that the effect of plant responses to carbon dioxide could be as important as those of increased rainfall resulting from climate change.

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