Total Precipitation Increase
While heavy precipitation events in most parts of the United States have increased in both intensity and frequency, there are important regional and seasonal differences in total precipitation change. Climate change is linked to increased total precipitation and flood risk in the US Midwest and Northeast.
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Tennessee floods show a pressing climate danger across America: ‘Walls of water’
Dec 19, 2019 | Superior Telegram
2019 is the wettest year ever recorded for Wisconsin, Midwest
Aug 8, 2019 | Weather Underground
U.S. Racks Up Wettest Calendar Year to Date by Bob Henson
Jan 28, 2020 | Journal of Climate
The Atmospheric Energy Constraint on Global-Mean Precipitation Change
Dec 18, 2019 | Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
EEE 2018: Anthropogenic Impacts on the Exceptional Precipitation of 2018 in the Mid-Atlantic
Dec 10, 2019 | Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
EEE 2018: Anthropogenic Impacts on the Exceptional Precipitation of 2018 in the Mid-Atlantic United States
Earth Systems Signals
Global warming is causing widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere.
Heat Signals
The Earth is getting hotter due to human activities that release heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere.
Drought Signals
Climate change is making droughts more likely to occur, and more severe when they do.
Wildfires Signals
Climate change is increasing the size, frequency, intensity and seasonality of wildfires.
Hurricanes Signals
Warmer temperatures increase the rate of water evaporation, which feeds moisture and energy into storms.
Floods Signals
Worsening floods due to climate change are putting a growing number of communities at risk.