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Plants will make future river flooding way worse

A deer wades through water in the Atchafalaya River after water from the open Morganza Floodway invades their habitat near Krotz Springs, Louisiana May 17, 2011. Scores of U.S. heartland rivers from the Dakotas to Ohio have flooded following a snowy winter and heavy spring rains, feeding near-record crests on the lower Mississippi River. REUTERS/Sean Gardner (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT ANIMALS) - GM1E75I0T3501

Climate change is causing plants to hold onto more excess water. Image: REUTERS/Sean Gardner

Brian Bell
Research Fellow, LSE Centre for Economic Performance
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