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Tag: specific humidity

Posted inSustainability, Weather

Drier springs produce hotter summers in the withering Southwest, study says

by Adnan Alam Jul 12, 2021Nov 9, 2022

A question has bothered climatologist Park Williams over the decade he has studied drought in the Southwest. Like other climate scientists, he knew from research papers and worldwide storm patterns that a warming atmosphere is thirstier and sops up more moisture from oceans and the land. “But in the Southwest, we’ve seen the exact opposite […]

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