New look at climate data shows substantially wetter rain and snow days ahead

The LOCA2 data estimate how often a “once-in-a-century” day of rain or snow will hit in different climate change scenarios between now and 2100. Colors on the maps show how frequently researchers expect such an extreme precipitation event to occur, with the darkest brown indicating every 30 to 40 years. Credit: Dave Pierce/Scripps Institution of Oceanography

A key source of information underpinning the upcoming National Climate Assessment suggests that heavy precipitation days historically…

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News Source: phys.org