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May 11, 2016

Extreme rainfall doesn't always mean extreme erosion
Philadelphia PA (SPX) May 11, 2016
In the Puerto Rican rain forest, a strong storm can drop a meter of rain in a single day. All that water rushes into mountain rivers and causes a torrent as the water overflows the riverbanks and charges downstream. It seems intuitive that the force of so much water would lead to massive erosion of a riverbed. But according to a new study by University of Pennsylvania researchers, that intuition is incorrect. The work, published in the journal Science, shows that, though extreme precipitatio ... read more

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