Why rainfall remains hard to predict in a warming world

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Apr 29, 2026, 11:00 am188 ptsTrendingTop
A new study led by the University of Oxford and ETH Zurich reveals that a key part of the climate system—the large-scale wind patterns that determine where rain falls—can be underestimated by current climate models, helping explain why forecasts of regional rainfall remain uncertain. Ultimately, this…

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