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‘Substantial’ increase in heavy rainstorms proof of human-caused climate change: study
Posted by Postmedia News: Margaret Munro on February 16th, 2011
Postmedia News: Canadian climate sleuths have detected for the first time a human hand in the increasing fury of intense storms battering the Northern Hemisphere.
According to researchers, greenhouse gases generated by human activity have intensified heavy-precipitation events since 1950 across much of North America, Europe and Asia, increasing flooding and devastation.
"Human influence is more pervasive than just a response in surface temperature," says Francis Zwiers, of the University of Victoria, referring...