Warmer air can hold more water: How climate change is increasing heavy rain events (www.cbs17.com)

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I'll note that the converse also applies — because warmer air can hold more water, it can remove more water through evaporation too, so droughts can also end up being worse.

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

And this makes storms stronger. When cold dry air runs into a warm moist airmass, the warm mass rises and the water condenses into rain.

More water means more rain.

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More water means more rain.

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Neat! This is fine.

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