Zeke HausfatherJan 10, 2023

Every degree warming increases the severity of heavy precipitation events by around 6% here in California. Climate change is contributing to more heavy rainfall events in recent years.

The map below shows how our models expect heavy precipitation intensity around the world:

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@hausfath this is not very alarming, is it? A 10% increase in precip would hardly be noticeable. Classifications light/medium/heavy goes in jumps of hundreds of percents…
Jan 10, 2023 at 6:27pmWeb