Climate change intensifies extreme snowmelt floods in Shogawa River Basin.
Climate change is affecting snowmelt runoff in the Shogawa River Basin on Japan's Sea of Japan side. Warmer temperatures are causing a decrease in average snowmelt runoff, but larger peak flows are expected. Rain-on-Snow events are becoming more extreme, leading to higher peak flows in the future compared to the past. Extreme peak flows that were rare in the current climate are likely to occur more frequently in the future.