Something weird and worrying is happening with rain, study finds

5 months ago by n7gifmdn to c/science

The findings say the study is the first to demonstrate that a year's worth of rainfall packed into bigger and wetter storms means less water for aquifers and ecosystems, even if total precipitation increases

New research shows that although the world is seeing more rain overall, it's also getting drier at the same time.

crazycraw 45 points 5 months ago

it's almost as if the CLIMATE is CHANGING ?

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Soulphite 7 points 5 months ago

fAkE nEwS!!1

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Peppycito 6 points 5 months ago

How can the climate be changing? It was cold yesterday!

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gsv 22 points 5 months ago

From an environmental physics point of view, this is not very weird: Warm air holds more absolute amount of water, leading to stronger downpours and longer dry periods. One could also say, the world is getting warmer and this a little “more like summer”. And strong rains converts to strong surface runoff. In other words: Strong rains causes your streets and fields to flood and that water raises the rivers rather than the soil’s moisture. And there we go: The soil is getting drier although there’s more total rainfall.

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SkaveRat 9 points 5 months ago

That headline sounds like from a cheap scifi horror movie

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Soulphite 2 points 5 months ago

Rain X Coming Soon on IFC.

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decapitae 5 points 5 months ago

the planets surface is being heated more than in the past, it could be said that we are cooking