The Western Pacific Subtropical High (WPSH) functions like Earth's atmospheric traffic controller, directing summer monsoon ...

By contrast, less rainfall and fewer clouds allow the land to warm, thereby increasing temperatures. Cathryn Birch, Professor in Meteorology and Climate in the School of Earth and Environment, led ...

May 30, 2023 — With a warmer climate creating more humid conditions in the Northeast, extreme precipitation events -- defined as about 1.5 or more inches of heavy rainfall or melted snowfall in ...

At the end of July 2023, extreme, heavy rainfall suddenly struck North China (23.7 event), causing severe flood disasters in ...

Several subtropical coastal locations have already experienced this 35°C threshold. Lead author of the study Dr. Lawrence Jackson, a Research Fellow in the School of Earth and Environment , said: ...

‘Daily rainfall variability controls humid heatwaves in the global tropics and subtropics ' published 29 April 2025 Nature Communications (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58694-6).