Findings of the ocean salinity study, conducted by CSIRO and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to learn about the global warming and its effects on our environment have no good news for people and our planet Earth.
Researchers have found a major inaccuracy of data being provided by climate models, when they noticed that the changes in the water cycle are running faster than the predictions given by models.
Considering all the three aspects i. e. salinity, evaporation and rainfall in their study, scientists concluded that the water cycle phenomenon has strengthened by approx 4% since the year 1950 till 2000. The figures have concluded an almost twice acceleration than the rate that has been predicted in current climate models.
The team, of scientists and their study, was led by Dr. Paul Durack at LLNL. Researchers are explaining in their findings that warming climate is forcing the wet regions to get wetter whereas the dry regions are following the drying trend.
Prof Durack says the study found “robust evidence of an intensified global water cycle at a rate of about eight percent per degree of surface warming. Salinity shifts in the ocean confirm climate and the global water cycle have changedâ€.
He added in his explanation that the water cycle and its phenomenon is enhancing because the warmer air is more holding and redistributing the moisture in the weather that are showcasing the results.
In the findings and the study that has been published in Science, researchers have clearly mentioned their fear that the continuity in the procedure can increase the incidence as well as the severity of extreme weather events in future.
Experts are suggesting efficient maintenance of the present fleet of 3,500 profilers to continuously observe all the occurring changes to salinity in the upper oceans.
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