{"id":3819,"date":"2024-03-01T07:06:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T07:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetryofscience.peachpuff-wolverine-566518.hostingersite.com\/?p=3819"},"modified":"2024-03-01T07:06:21","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T07:06:21","slug":"when-the-sky-gathers-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/thepoetryofscience\/3819\/when-the-sky-gathers-tears\/","title":{"rendered":"When the Sky Gathers Tears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clouds gather<br \/>\nlike ancient gods<br \/>\nconverging,<br \/>\nconspiring,<br \/>\nshedding<br \/>\nsecrets of<br \/>\nthe coming floods.<br \/>\nTwilight&#8217;s blankets<br \/>\ncluster,<br \/>\ntightening ranks<br \/>\nover belted waves<br \/>\nto seal their pact<br \/>\nin vaulted skies.<br \/>\nThis bloated<br \/>\ncongregation<br \/>\nnow flails with<br \/>\nrighteous pain,<br \/>\ncarving sodden welts<br \/>\nthrough fraying skin.<br \/>\nAnd the earth<br \/>\ndrowns in tears<br \/>\nit never thought<br \/>\nto shed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/clouds.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3820\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/clouds.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/thepoetryofscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/clouds.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/thepoetryofscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/clouds-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/thepoetryofscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/clouds-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/thepoetryofscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/02\/clouds-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This poem is inspired by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.adj6801\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent research<\/a>, which has found that cloud clustering causes more extreme rain.<\/p>\n<p>Around the equator, heavy rainfalls can lead to flooding, affecting millions of people and causing significant damage to homes and infrastructure. As our planet warms, scientists are trying to understand how these extreme rain events might change. The heart of the issue lies in how rainstorms, especially the most intense ones, will behave in a warmer world. Traditional methods used to predict weather and climate patterns struggle to accurately forecast these events because they do not account for the detailed ways in which rainstorms come together and fall apart, which is essential for predicting the heaviest downpours.<\/p>\n<p>In this new study, researchers have taken a closer look at how the heaviest daily rains in tropical regions could change with global warming. By using highly detailed computer simulations and closely examining real-world data, they discovered that the way rainstorms are organised plays a pivotal role in the intensity of rainfalls. Their findings indicate that, as the climate gets warmer, we can expect not only more frequent but also more intense daily rain extremes. This research provides a clearer picture of future rainfall patterns, suggesting that, with a warmer climate, the most extreme rain events could surpass previously established expectations based on temperature and moisture relationships.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Episode 242 \u2013 When The Sky Gathers Tears by sam.illingworth\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1757038809&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;maxwidth=1200\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Around the equator, heavy rainfalls and flooding impact millions. 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