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Published online 31 May 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070528-9
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Warmer world gets wetter
Satellite observations suggest climate models are wrong on rainfall.
Global warming will increase worldwide precipitation by three times the amount predicted by current climate models, according to a study based on two decades' worth of satellite observations.
The discrepancy between the models and the data might mean that the models are wrong.
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