In 2022, WLOS in Asheville produced this TV report on the number of newcomers choosing Asheville because of its purported advantages as a “haven” in a changing climate.
Welcome to Asheville – Climate Haven!
In 2022, WLOS in Asheville produced this TV report on the number of newcomers choosing Asheville because of its purported advantages as a “haven” in a changing climate.
Yikes, that was hard to watch.
Yeah, like real head-in-the-sand stuff.
I have a question for all you well-informed followers of Peter’s blog. Is it possible to calculate, even approximately, total year-on-year, global rainfall? Is anyone working on it? I think that would plot one hell of an exponential curve, and might even shake one or two denialists out of their complacency.
Interested, so two links:
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/global-maps/GPM_3IMERGM
https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-us-and-global-precipitation
“Since 1901, global precipitation has increased at an average rate of 0.03 inches per decade, while precipitation in the contiguous 48 states has increased at a rate of 0.18 inches per decade.”
“Some parts of the United States have experienced greater increases in precipitation than others. A few areas, such as the Southwest, have seen a decrease in precipitation (see Figure 3). Not all of these regional trends are statistically significant, however.”
Because climate change also means greater droughts, I’m not sure the metric should be so much is it raining more globally, but is it raining harder in storms regionally.
Thanks.
I’ll keep you posted if I find anything.