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precipitation-patterns
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news.google.comscience16 days agoDeveloping
Study Finds Precipitation Is Concentrating Into Fewer Storms in Amazon and American West
A study published Wednesday in Nature shows that when annual moisture arrives in fewer, larger storms it overwhelms soils and increases evaporation, drying landscapes even when total precipitation remains unchanged. Researchers identified the strongest trends since 1980 over the…
theconversation.comscience16 days agoDeveloping
Rainfall Concentration Dries Western U.S. Landscapes
New research shows rainfall across much of California and the western U.S. has become more concentrated in heavier storms separated by longer dry periods. The net result is a drying landscape even as total precipitation remains similar. The study, covering 1980 to 2022, links the…