SciDev.Net: Global warming is likely to alter rainfall patterns in East Asia and the Pacific, causing more intense drought and floods in decades to come, according to a study published in Nature last month (15 August). A team of Australian-based scientists estimated that increased greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere will enhance equatorial Pacific warming by two degrees Celsius by 2050. This will cause the South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ) -- the Southern Hemisphere's most expansive rain band,...
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Enclosure: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v488/n7411/full/nature11358.html
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