Fast Rainfall Decline v. Slow Surface Warming (IMAGE)

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

Fast Rainfall Decline v. Slow Surface Warming

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Image shows the clear difference in the rate of global surface warming (left panel) and the rate of subtropical rainfall decline (indicated by the brown shading in the right panel) when forced with an instantaneous increase of CO2. This is the main evidence to show that the subtropical rainfall decline is unrelated to the global surface warming.

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Credit: Jie He, Ph.D., Princeton University and Brian J. Soden, Ph.D., University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science

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