Increased heavy rains, drought caused by human-induced climate change - West Hawaii Today
Increased heavy rains, drought caused by human-induced climate change - West Hawaii Today
Increased heavy rains, drought caused by human-induced climate change
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New study by UH Manoa shows heavy rains, drought caused by human-induced climate change. (Markus Spiske / Unsplash)
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New study by UH Manoa shows heavy rains, drought caused by human-induced climate change. (Lucy Chian /Unsplash)
Using machine learning, an international team that included two researchers from the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa found human-produced carbon dioxide emissions and climate change have already caused an increase in day-to-day rainfall fluctuations over the tropical eastern Pacific and the mid-latitudes. The study was published in Nature.
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