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New research shows that although the world is seeing more rain overall, it's also getting drier at the same time.

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[–] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

it's almost as if the CLIMATE is CHANGING ?

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

How can the climate be changing? It was cold yesterday!

[–] gsv@programming.dev 20 points 1 day ago

From an environmental physics point of view, this is not very weird: Warm air holds more absolute amount of water, leading to stronger downpours and longer dry periods. One could also say, the world is getting warmer and this a little “more like summer”. And strong rains converts to strong surface runoff. In other words: Strong rains causes your streets and fields to flood and that water raises the rivers rather than the soil’s moisture. And there we go: The soil is getting drier although there’s more total rainfall.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That headline sounds like from a cheap scifi horror movie

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 2 points 1 day ago

Rain X Coming Soon on IFC.

[–] decapitae@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

the planets surface is being heated more than in the past, it could be said that we are cooking

[–] vane@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

It's called Sous Vide