Research Shows More People Living in Floodplains

The proportion of the world’s population exposed to floods grew by 20 to 24 percent—ten times greater than what previous models had predicted.

Map and chart imagery created by Benjamin Cooley, Cloud to Street, and provided courtesy of Tellman, B., et al. (2021). NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using EO-1 ALI data provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 team. Story by Emily Fischer, NASA Earth Science News Team, with Michael Carlowicz.

Published September 27, 2021
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