Global Warming Causing Intense Drought, Rain Events | Weather.com

17 hours agoThere were four extreme water cycle events from 2015 to 2021, when the Earth experienced its seven hottest years on record.More monitoring like this could spur action to reduce the effects of climate change, a study author says.to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists.

By looking at the sum of groundwater, soil moisture, lake and river water, and snow and ice — or "all the water stored on and in the land" — Rodell and the team discovered that there were four extreme water cycle events from 2015 to 2021, which happened to be the seven hottest years in the modern record. Between 2002 and 2014, there were only three major events per year.

The most intense event identified was an extreme rainfall event, or pluvial, that began in 2019 in central Africa and is still going. Lake Victoria, on the boundary of Kenya and Uganda, has risen by more than 3 feet because of the rain.The most intense dry event of the past two decades was a drought in Brazil in 2015 and 2016 that emptied reservoirs and led to water rationing in some cities.

The study also tested the correlations between global total intensity and other major climate indicators such as El Niño Southern Oscillation. Rodell said he's hopeful that continued development and adoption of renewable sources of energy and energy-efficient technologies will lead to a reversal in the current course of climate change.

Just curious. Who paid for this study. Results of studies almost always reflect the opinion of whoever provides the funding.

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