How heavy rainstorms are changing (IMAGE)
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How heavy rainstorms are changing. Schematic illustration comparing a typical heavy rainstorm in the late 20th century (left) with one in the late 21st century (right). Simulations of heavy rainstorms over the eastern Mediterranean suggest that future storms will become more compact: they deliver less rain overall, but concentrate it over a smaller area and in more intense bursts. The curves beneath each storm show how the rain is spread across the ground: broad and light in the past, narrow and intense in the future.
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Credit: Raz Nussbaum, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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