Global Warming Is Making Extreme Rain Events More Likely

Rainfall extremes are increasing around the world, and the increase is linked to the warming of the atmosphere which has taken place since pre-industrial times. This is the conclusion of a recent study which investigated extreme rainfall trends using data from 8326 weather-recording stations globally, some of which have records spanning more than a hundred years. Of all the stations analyzed, we found that two-thirds showed increasing trends over the course of the 20th and early 21st centuries. ...