Study: Extreme rains to be supercharged by warming. Global warming could make extreme rains stronger and more frequent than previously forecast, a new study finds. That could make floods fiercer, crops more vulnerable, and diseases like malaria more prevalent. [News Source]

Military wants to lead U.S. into the green. The U.S. military has a history of fostering change, from racial integration to development of the Internet. Now, Pentagon officials say their green energy efforts will help America fight global warming. [News Source]

New breakthrough could lead to more accurate forecasting of global-warming activity. Researchers from Arizona State University have made a breakthrough in understanding the effect on climate change of a key component of urban pollution known as "brown carbons," a nanoscale atmospheric aerosol species largely being ignored in broad-ranging climate computer models. [News Source]

Sinking Pacific nations face uncertain games future. For a handful of South Pacific athletes it may be now or never to take part in the Olympics because rising seas levels are causing their tiny island nations to sink and maybe one day disappear. [News Source]

Extreme rainstorms will rise by 10 per cent by 2050. Predictions that our warming world will become a wetter place have been confirmed by a study which suggests that extreme rainstorms will rise by more than 10 per cent by the year 2050. [News Source]

UM study: Global warming brings more rainfall. Florida and the rest of the tropics will face wetter and more powerful rainstorms because of global warming, according to a new study co-written by a University of Miami professor and released Thursday. [News Source]

Tropical downpours worsening, say scientists. Tropical downpours are becoming more frequent and the trend seems worse than expected, bringing greater risks of flash floods, scientists said on Thursday. [News Source]

Scotland’s future looks wet, wet, wet. Climate change will make extreme storms and heavy rainfall even more frequent than was previously predicted, new research suggests. [News Source]

AFP: Warmer weather produces more intense rainfall. US and British researchers have confirmed the link between warmer climate and an increase in powerful rainstorms, according to a study released Thursday that underscores one of the challenges of global warming. [News Source]

When it rains, it pours: Climate change to increase rainfall. Add heavy rainfall to the litany of expected bad news due to climate change. Along with the likelihood of more intense heat waves, wildfires, and hurricanes, a new study released today reports that extreme precipitation events are already increasing as the globe warms. [News Source]

Intense rainfall due to global warming could raise flood risk. Climate scientists have issued a fresh warning over the future risk of flooding after research showed heavy rainstorms are likely to become even more intense than predicted. [News Source]