UK winters grow wetter as greenhouse gases rise, research reveals

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Feb 11, 2026, 12:09 pm61 ptsTrending
UK winters are becoming significantly wetter mainly due to warming driven by human burning of fossil fuels releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, a Newcastle University study reveals. The research shows that for every degree of global or regional warming, winter rainfall increases by a compounding 7%,…

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