Excessive rainfall: a product of a changing climate

Rainfall in central Iowa, USA June 15, 2022

Pockets of intense rainfall occurring over a short period of time amid a larger movement toward drought is a signature of a changing climate.

For more information, see —

Excessive rainfall–the new normal

Connections with a changing climate: drought, intense rainfall, and flooding

Extreme rainfall will continue

Large, intense thunderstorms will happen more frequently

Extreme weather and climate change: the connections and impacts (from Science Bibliographies Online)

And search Science Primary Literature (database).

Questions? Please let me know (engelk@grinnell.edu).