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P r e s e n t s
3:15 PM, Monday, November 15th, 2010
SLAB Seminar Room, S/A 103
Refreshments 3:00 PM
Brian Soden
Professor, RSMAS, University of Miami
Global Warming and the Hydrologic Cycle
The talk will discuss changes in the hydrological cycle in response to global warming that they have high confidence in.
This confidence stems from the fact that they are derived from relatively simply physical arguments and are robust in all model
projections of global warming. These robust responses include: wet regions becoming wetter and dry regions becoming drier,
increased frequency of droughts and floods, an weakening of the atmospheric and oceanic circulation, and a drift in the mean
climate towards a more "El Nino" like state. All of these robust responses are consequences of the increase in atmospheric water
vapor associated with a warming climate.
