Saturday, January 11, 2025

Sponge metaphor for wet/dry climate impact

Excellent new review from @weatherwest.bsky.social @climate-guy.bsky.social @manuelaibrunner.bsky.social @climatechirper.bsky.social on one of the most useful organizing concepts I've run across for understanding climate impacts on extreme events - the "expanding atmospheric sponge" 1/🧵

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— Kelly Hereid (@kellyhereid.bsky.social) January 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM

When you wring out a bigger wet sponge, you produce more water - the "wet gets wetter" view of climate change driving increases in extreme precip. But if the sponge is dry, it can absorb more - from the soil, from vegetation, driving drought and fire. 2/

— Kelly Hereid (@kellyhereid.bsky.social) January 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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