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   *Record-breaking Oct rainfall will be 10 times more likely by   
   2100, says Met Office   
   Tom Bawden, The i newspaper via Carbon Brief   
      
   New Met Office analysis shows that the kind of record breaking   
   rainfall seen in the UK last Oct is 3 times as likely now as   
   it would have been without climate change, reports the i   
   newspaper. Focusing on the record rainfall of 3 Oct, when 31.7mm   
   of rain fell across the UK, on average, the Met Office says that would   
   have been a 1-in-300 year event without a warming climate, the paper   
   explains: "However, because of the effects of climate change, they   
   estimate that it is now a 1-in-100 year event. And they say that by   
   2100, under a `medium emissions scenario', that level of extreme daily   
   rainfall could be seen every 30 years - 10 times as frequent as it   
   would have been without climate change." Met Office scientist Dr Nikos   
   Christidis said: "We are also now starting to see how more frequent   
   extreme rainfall events are already impacting the UK, showing that   
   human induced climate change is already having an impact on the   
   weather we experience." Reuters also has the story.   
      
   Meanwhile, the Independent reports on new research, published in   
   Science, showing how climate change is altering the flow of rivers   
   across the world. Drawing on data from more than 7,000 sites across   
   the world, the study analyses flow changes between 1971 and 2010, the   
   paper explains. The findings indicate "increasing river flows in some   
   regions, such as northern Europe, and decreasing river flows in   
   others, such as southern Europe, southern Australia and parts of   
   southern Asia", the paper says. Bloomberg also covers the study.   
      
      
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