Take a look at this world, as described by a new study on how global warming is leading to substantial increases in rainfall in some regions, substantial decreases in others.
Here's the abstract in Nature,, and here's a nice recap from GreenCarCongress, along with a graph from the study by Francis Zwiers and seven coauthors.
[Ed. Note -- Yellow bands indicate anomalous dryness vs. the historical record. Grey indicates mixed signals. Green bands show anomalous wetness. Here's a story in the Guardian re: the recent floods in England. And here's a spirited discussion of same by scientists and interested observers participating in the the Global Change GoogleGroup.]
