DETROIT – As global warming has progressed, you might have noticed more weird weather, including more intense storms. It appears certain now that climate change does affect localized tropical storms and thunderstorms. Scientists want to know exactly how that’s happening. And they want to know how these storms in turn affect their climate models.
So, in November 2021, NASA announced it had selected a new Earth-science mission called INCUS. More about INCUS below. But first read on, to find out what two climate scientists said about the brighter lightning, higher winds, and increased rainfall we might expect as Earth’s climate continues to warm.
EarthSky reached out to Ken Jucks, Program Manager for the Upper Atmosphere Research Program (UARP), and Gavin Schmidt, NASA’s new Senior Climate Adviser, with a few questions:
If you’d like to read this Q&A, click on EarthSky
