NASA scientists say the intensity of water-related natural disasters, from severe droughts to devastating floods, will only increase in the future.. And this will be due to the intensification of the climate crisis, according to CNN..

A study by scientists has shown that the intensity of natural disasters has increased around the world in recent decades as global temperatures have risen to record levels.. These natural disasters have more to do with rising average temperatures than natural weather patterns like El Nino and La Nina, researchers say.. And most likely, these extreme events will intensify.

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Matthew Rodell, lead author of the study and hydrologist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, studied data collected by satellites from 2002 to 2021.. He analyzed the strength, duration and severity of water-related natural disasters around the world..

During the study, he identified 505 extreme wet events and 551 extreme dry events during this period, approximately 70% of which lasted six months or less, and about 10% lasted more than a year.. Analysis of the data showed that since 2015, when the upward trend in temperature began, the intensity of these events has increased.

“We thought maybe it had something to do with global warming because we know the last seven or so years have been the hottest on record.. Of course, there was a significant correlation between the overall intensity of these events around the world and the temperature record,” Rodell told CNN..

In order to be sure of the correctness of the conclusions, the scientist included other climate indicators in the analysis, including El Nino.. This analysis showed that the climate was changing more than other indicators felt..

Droughts and floods will increase in intensity as the world warms, Rodell says.. That is, they will be more frequent, larger and more severe overall..

The most serious water-related event was recorded in 2020 in sub-Saharan Africa, scientists study says. Months of heavy rains then raised the waters in Lake Victoria to record levels.. Houses and critical infrastructure were flooded, complicating access to drinking water, medical care and hydropower facilities.

The most intense drought recorded by the study occurred in Brazil and Venezuela from 2015 to 2016.. It " It jeopardized hydropower, dried up important water bodies and reduced crop yields..

UN scientists recently concluded that as climate changes, droughts that could only happen once every 10 years or so are now happening 70% more often; while heavy rains that used to happen every 10 years now happen 30% more often.

2022 was not included in the study, but extreme events were recorded around the world last year. So, in Europe there was a severe drought, the water in the reservoirs dropped to a historical minimum, and in Pakistan, for example, there was a severe flood that flooded a third of the country..

Previously, scientists said that the last eight years were the hottest on record..