{"id":133,"date":"2021-06-06T23:59:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T23:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/podcasts.ncl.ac.uk\/fromnewcastle\/?p=133"},"modified":"2025-11-05T15:38:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:38:19","slug":"1-3-climate-change-and-the-future-of-flooding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/podcasts.ncl.ac.uk\/fromnewcastle\/1-3-climate-change-and-the-future-of-flooding\/","title":{"rendered":"1.3 Climate Change and the Future of Flooding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Climate Change and the Future of Flooding with Professor Richard Dawson\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/5kRoIPGFIcITR4QV51gpJe?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode we talk to Richard Dawson, Professor of Earth Systems Engineering and Director of Research and Innovation in the School of Engineering at Newcastle University about climate change and the future of flooding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past few years, we have experienced an increase in extreme weather events, from disappearing islands in the Pacific Ocean to severe flooding in the Lake District. 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