The point of such research is to prepare national and civic authorities for extremes to come, and Professor Diffenbaugh and his fellow researchers have already used their statistical approach to connect human - induced global warming with drought in California, and changes in monsoon rainfall in Asia. (climatenewsnetwork.net)
They used climate simulations to estimate the effects of volcanic eruptions on summer monsoon rainfall in the Ethiopian highlands. (sciencemag.org)
«While measurements indicate the total amount of monsoon rainfall in Nepal has not changed, the timing of those rains has altered», says Dr Bed Mani Dahal of the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering at Kathmandu University. (chimalaya.org)