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Greenhouse Gases Cuts Lead to Short-Term Precipitation Surge

Date Posted:

March 29, 2011

Publisher:

Geophysical Research Letters

New climate model research suggests that decreasing CO₂ in the atmosphere produces a sudden increase in precipitation. According to the article published in Geophysical Research Letters, the greenhouse gas affects precipitation by warming the upper atmosphere, limiting the ability of air masses to rise, cool, and produce precipitation.

Topics

climate models
Weather and Climate