Climate crisis making Britain wetter as greenhouse gases fuel ‘extreme’ changes in rainfall

A new study links increased rain in northern Europe to manmade greenhouse gases, Matt Mathers reports

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Changing rainfall patterns across Europe can be linked to the climate crisis for the first time, scientists have said.

Human-made greenhouse gas emissions are directly responsible for countries in Europe getting wetter in the winter while the Mediterranean region dries out, they concluded in a new study.

Climate change is also contributing to increases in "extreme rainfall events" according to a Met Office study published the Journal of Climate.