Green Tomorrow

Hot off the heels of a recent paper we covered linking rainfall patterns to human activity, a new Canadian-led study has established a definite link between anthropogenic influences since the early 20th century and increased precipitation across the Northern Hemisphere. Human activity accounted for “most of the observed increase in precipitation north of 50 degrees latitude, a region that includes Canada, Russia and Europe,” according to a statement released by the team of climate scientists.

In a study comparing 75 years of precipitation records from around the globe with predictions in al…