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UK winters grow wetter as greenhouse gases rise, research reveals
- February 11, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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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%, increasing the risk of flooding. And the scientists warn it is happening much faster than most global climate models predict.
Originally published at Phys.org