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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Seth Borenstein

Study finds that climate change added 10% to Ian's rainfall

Copyright 2022 Phelan M. Ebenhack. All rights reserved

Climate change added at least 10% more rain to Hurricane Ian, a study prepared immediately after the storm shows.

Thursday's research, which is not peer-reviewed, compared peak rainfall rates during the real storm to about 20 different computer scenarios of a model with Hurricane Ian's characteristics slamming into the Sunshine State in a world with no human-caused climate change.

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