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University of Michigan: New Satellite Data Reveal Increasing Proportion of World's Population Exposed to Floods
August 05, 2021
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 5 (TNSJou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2021:

New research in the journal Nature used direct satellite observations of floods to reveal that the proportion of the world's population exposed to floods has grown by 24% since the turn of the century--10 times higher than scientists previously thought--due to both increased flooding and population migration.

This marks an increase of population ins . . .

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