A study shows that, as Earth warms, global precipitation will increase by less than many models predict, because of increases in the amount of near-infrared sunlight absorbed by water vapour. See Letter p.249
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Sherwood, S. The Sun and the rain. Nature 528, 200–201 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/528200a
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