Climate simulations are underestimating how often intense
rainstorms occur at warm temperatures, new analyses of weather data suggest. If
true, the findings indicate that episodes of extremely strong precipitation, usually
accompanied by flooding, will strike more often if the global average temperature
continues to rise.
Scientists have long known that the warmer the air is, the
more water vapor it can hold.
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