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Extremes in monsoon rainfall growing: Study
2014-05-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hindu: Amidst worrisome indications that human-induced climate change is affecting the monsoon over India, research just published adds to a body of evidence showing that extremes in rainfall are increasing. "Our analyses indicate a shift in the recent period towards more intense wet spells and more frequent but less intense dry spells," say a team of researchers from Stanford University in the U.S. in a Nature Climate Change paper. The scientists examined daily rainfall data for the peak monsoon...
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