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Extreme Tropical Rainfall and Climate Change
September 18, 2012 | MIT

Global warming is expected to intensify extreme precipitation, but the rate at which it does so in the tropics has remained unclear. Now an MIT study has given an estimate. [...] With every 1 degree Celsius rise in temperature, tropical regions will see 10 percent heavier rainfall extremes.” Quoted from the MIT press release.


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