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MIT Climate Project
Dry spells and downpours
14 minutes Posted Jul 2, 2026 at 9:00 am.
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How can climate change cause both more intense droughts and more severe floods? With help from Prof. Mathew Barlow, we dive into the water cycle on a warming planet, and learn how the basic physics of water moving through the atmosphere can explain a lot of the strange weather we need to prepare for as the world heats up.