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Climate Extremes Are Coming, Study Says

The
world _ especially the Western United States, the Mediterranean region
and Brazil _ will likely suffer more extended droughts, heavy rainfalls
and longer heat waves over the next century because of global warming, a new study forecasts.

But the prediction of a future of nasty extreme weather also includes fewer freezes and a longer growing season. …

“It’s going to be a wild ride, especially for specific regions,” said study lead author Claudia Tebaldi, a scientist at the federally funded academic research center. …

The
researchers took 10 international agreed-upon indices that measure
climate extremes _ five that deal with temperature and five with
precipitation _ and ran computer models for the world through the year
What Tebaldi called the scariest results had to do with heat waves and warm nights. Everything about heat waves _ their intensity, length and occurrence _ worsens.

“The changes are very significant there,” Tebaldi said. “It’s enough to say we’re in for a bad future.”