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Rising concentrations of anthropogenic greenhouse gases in the atmosphere may already be influencing the intensity of rainfall and increasing the risk of substantial damage from the associated flooding. See Letters p.378 & p.382

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Figure 1: The floods of autumn 2000.

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Allan, R. Human influence on rainfall. Nature 470, 344–345 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/470344a

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