Earth's most prominent rainfall feature creeping northward
The rain band near the equator that determines the supply of freshwater to nearly a billion people throughout the tropics and subtropics has been creeping north for more than 300 years, according to research published in Nature Geoscience. If the band continues to migrate at just less than a mile (1.4 kilometers) a year, which is the average for all the years it has been moving north, then some Pacific islands near the equator - even those that currently enjoy abundant rainfall - may be drier within decades and starved of freshwater by midcentury or sooner. Global warming? Maybe. But if it is, the arid event could happen even sooner than current projections. read more
Earth's most prominent rainfall feature creeping northward
The rain band near the equator that determines the supply of freshwater to nearly a billion people throughout the tropics and subtropics has been creeping north for more than 300 years, probably ...
Wed 1 Jul 09 from PhysOrg
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Tropical Rainfall Moving North
The band supplies fresh water to almost a billion people and affects climate elsewhere.
Thu 2 Jul 09 from FOXNews
Tropical Rainfall Moving North, Wed 1 Jul 09 from Livescience
Equatorial rains are moving northward
SEATTLE, July 2 (UPI) -- A U.S. study indicates bands of heavy rainfall occurring near the equator have been moving northward for more than 300 years, probably due to a warmer world.
Thu 2 Jul 09 from UPI
Equatorial rains are moving northward, Thu 2 Jul 09 from RedOrbit
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