Global warming and extreme railfall events linked

Global warming and its measurable link to extreme rainfall events has been discussed in the latest edition of The Conversation.

University of Adelaide senior lecturer at the School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, Seth Westra, explores the link in a story headed: “Increases in rainfall extremes linked to global warming”.

Mr. Westra said: “Rainfall extremes are increasing around the world, and the increase is linked to the warming of the atmosphere which has taken place since pre-industrial times.

“This is the conclusion of a recent study investigated extreme rainfall trends using data from 8326 weather-recording stations globally, some of which have records spanning more than a hundred years,” he wrote.