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Severe Thunderstorms and Climate Change

Will a warming climate alter the atmosphere and make severe thunderstorms more likely? Scientists are using climate models to investigate.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Severe Thunderstorms and Climate Change.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Robert Simmon, adapted from Trapp et al., 2007. Caption by Adam Voiland.

Published April 7, 2013
Data acquired 1962 - 2099