More Floods, More Droughts

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More Floods, More Droughts

zogger

Fri Aug 08 13:46:00 -0700 2008

Environment.

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The authors are calling this the first hard evidence of the effects from increased global temperatures with precipitation, and their conclusion is a lot more rain-where it is normally rainy-and less rain where it is not. They also say that this could indicate some of the previous studies were underestimating probable effects for the future if the planet continues to get hotter.

"A warmer atmosphere contains larger amounts of moisture, which boosts the intensity of heavy downpours," reports study co-author Brian Soden of the University of Miami. ed.z.: Well, isn't that special. And I still think my idea of a huge water pipeline grid system has some merit, even moreso now.

Abstract only for the paper: "Atmospheric Warming and the Amplification of Precipitation Extremes"