Also, the term «global pattern of warming»
implies regional temperature change, which pushes the climate system response discussion to a much higher level of complexity than when simply talking about changes in global - mean climate.
-- Projected precipitation and
temperature changes imply changes in floods, although overall there is low confidence at the global scale regarding climate - driven
changes in magnitude or frequency of river - related flooding, due to limited evidence and because the causes of
regional changes are complex.