A new model emerges for monsoons in a changing global climate

January 27, 2016

A Yale University study suggests that continent-scale monsoons will adapt to climate change gradually, without suddenly losing their watery oomph.

Writing in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences the week of Jan. 25, Yale atmospheric scientists William Boos and Trude Storelvmo say a broad range of factors — from changes in land use to increased aerosol emissions and greenhouse gas concentrations — would likely prompt changes in the massive air circulations commonly known as monsoons. However, the researchers say, those changes will not abruptly alter the strength or water volume of monsoons over the next century.

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