Uncertainty of future South Pacific Island rainfall explained
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 28 October, 2012
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With greenhouse warming, rainfall in the South Pacific islands will depend on two competing effects -- an increase due to overall warming and a decrease due to changes in atmospheric water transport -- according to a new study. In the South Pacific these two effects sometimes cancel each other out, resulting in highly uncertain rainfall projections....