Sizing up extreme storms in a future climate

Not only do storms intensify with temperature, but they also become more concentrated over a smaller area. This is because as the storm cells intensify, they also become more effective at drawing in moisture toward the storm centre.

This new research has been published in and was featured in Nature as a .

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[caption id="attachment_10218" align="alignnone" width="665"]Warmer temperatures can mean more intense rainfall at the storm core, and less rainfall further away from the storm centre. Warmer temperatures can mean more intense rainfall at the storm core, and less rainfall further away from the storm centre.[/caption]
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