{"652696":{"#nid":"652696","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"New high-resolution climate model predicts more extreme weather events in the future","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA first-of-its-kind study uses a new high-resolution climate model to highlight local\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/interactive\/2021\/08\/world\/extreme-weather-climate-change\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eclimate-fueled extreme weather\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;risks decades in advance -- and the results aren\u0026#39;t good.\u0026nbsp;Researchers found through the high-resolution model that impacts of extreme rainfall could be more frequent and severe due to climate change than had previously been thought.\u0026nbsp;The study comes as global leaders convene in Glasgow, Scotland, for\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/09\/23\/world\/what-is-cop26-glasgow-un-climate-conference-cmd-intl\/index.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECOP26\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to discuss strategies for curbing greenhouse gas emissions in hopes of slowing human-induced warming, which is increasing at an alarming rate. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/cobb-dr-kim\u0022\u003EKim Cobb\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Power Chair and ADVANCE Professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, says\u0026nbsp;if emissions reductions are enacted this decade, warming can be limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius, which would\u0026nbsp;mitigate climate-fueled extreme weather impacts by the turn of the century, but action is needed immediately.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-11-10 20:07:47","changed_gmt":"2021-11-10 20:07:47","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.cbs46.com\/new-high-resolution-climate-model-predicts-more-extreme-weather-events-in-the-future\/article_9dc1221a-973e-57dd-8a1f-d1eb702825a2.html?block_id=994631","dateline":{"date":"2021-11-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-11-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"EAS"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"33791","name":"kim cobb"},{"id":"791","name":"Global Warming"},{"id":"105821","name":"extreme weather"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}