RIVERINE FLOODING IN A WARMER BRITAIN

A warmer Britain may also be wetter, at least seasonally, which might suggest that the frequency and magnitude of riverine flooding may incr ease. It may be difficult, however, to distinguish the effects of clim ate warming from the effects of continuing land use change, given the naturally stochastic nature of the inputs into hydrological systems. P rediction of the effects of climate change on riverine flooding is cle arly very uncertain. These uncertainities need to be assessed, particu larly for more extreme events. Further research on data collection tec hniques and model improvements to reduce levels of predictive uncertai nty is required.