Clear-Cutting Triggers 18x More Floods, for 40+ Years

Clear-Cutting Triggers 18x More Floods, for 40+ Years

A decades-long UBC study reveals that clear-cutting doesn’t just increase flooding — it can multiply extreme events up to 18 times and make them more than twice as large. In some watersheds, a once-in-70-year flood now strikes every nine years, with the impacts persisting for over 40 years. Clear-Cutting Linked to Surge in Catastrophic Floods [...]