![“The observations are telling us there will be increases [in extreme rainfall] at almost all latitudes, but if you want to know what’s going to happen at the scale of a continent or smaller, it’s a much more difficult question,” Paul O’Gorman says. mit-extreme-rain.jpg](https://globalchange.mit.edu/sites/default/files/in-the-news/mit-extreme-rain.jpg)
Intensification of extreme rainfall varies from region to region, study shows
Study co-authored by Joint Program affiliate Paul O'Gorman shows that the most extreme rain events in most regions of the world will increase in intensity by 3-15%, depending on region, for every degree Celsius that the planet warms. Additional Coverage: Eco-Business
Date:
Monday, May 15, 2017
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Associated Joint Program People:
O'Gorman, Paul