Just after publication, an NSF spokesperson responded to @science.org confirming the plan: "NSF is terminating the lease of the research vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer in FY 2026. NSF has also begun the process to identify vessels and partnerships to support marine science. "

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Es ist ein deutsches Totem

Unfortunately, Germany values cars more than people.

Winfried Kretschmann - ein rabenschwarzer Unionsmann mit grüner Verkaufslackierung.
Eine der peinlichsten Figuren, die sich die Grünen jemals geleistet haben.

For a recent review see www.nature.com/articles/s43...
"Both short-duration and long-duration (>1 day) rainfall extremes are intensifying with warming at a rate consistent with the increase in atmospheric moisture" (~7% per degree C), but some local convective rainfall events increase even more. 5/5

For annual rainfall, whatever goes up will come down. Globally that's ruled by evaporation, which only increases 2% per degree warming. So as the atmosphere loses more water in heavy rain, days with no or light rain decrease to balance that, and annual totals hardly increase. 4/5

That means an air mass saturated with water will hold 7% more water per degree C of warming, so 7% more can rain out, all else remaining the same. Heavy rain gets that much stronger.
Why doesn't that apply to annual rainfall totals? Because those are ruled by different physics: evaporation. 3/5

What scientists have predicted since the 1980s is an increase in heavy rain at the expense of days with light or no precipitation. And that is indeed observed. See nature.com/articles/ncl... @retoknutti.bsky.social
That is because warmer air can hold more moisture (Clausius-Clapeyron law). 2/5