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2024-01-24 20:21:57 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 253A481B560F866AF0213C54FC56BFF2C0ABC6930662E47534DF4E54D6E09140
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The poster is not a meteorologist, and this tweet exaggerates the possibility of an upcoming ARkStorm. However, recent atmospheric research does suggest that climate change is altering the behavior of atmospheric rivers and heightening risk of precipitation extremes. https://x.com/weather_west/status/1750051699572785444?s=46&t=8mbW_yUvBQlHhFPbbuxiKQ https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/28#key-message-1 https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/01/12/climate-change-atmospheric-rivers-rain/ https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021EF002537 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-15474-2
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