The bad news around global warming and climate change has just gotten a lot worse. A new study by the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, shows that a warmer world would mean more frequent, larger and wetter thunderstorms.
The federally-funded study found that future storms could also be wilder, drenching entire cities and large areas of states.
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Flooding is a major problem, putting a $20 billion a year burden on the economy. If these storms get worse, they will inevitably cause even more damage.
Earlier studies have validated the increased frequency and wetness of future storms, but this study additionally highlights the expansiveness of such storms.
In the U.S. South alone, the increase in total rainfall between now and the end of the century is expected to be a whopping 80%.
This is not even the worst case scenario; it’s just a projection of what might happen if emissions aren’t curbed between now and then. With the U.S. now pulling out of the Paris climate agreement, the danger suddenly becomes a very real one.
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