Climate Change Has Intensified The Global Water Cycle

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Climate scientists have been saying for years that one of the many downsides of a warming planet is that both droughts and torrential rains are both likely to get worse. That's what climate models predict, and that's what observers have noted, most recently in the IPCC's report on extreme weather, released last month. It makes physical sense, too. A warmer atmosphere can absorb more water vapor, and what goes up must come down -- and thanks to prevailing winds, it won't come down in the same place....

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