URUMQI, Oct. 26 -- A recent study has shed new light on how global warming has reshaped extreme rainfall and snowfall across the Northern Hemisphere over the past seven decades.

The study, led by researchers from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has been published in the journal Advances in Climate Change Research.

According to the study, global warming has modified the distribution of both solid and liquid precipitation -- leading to changes in the intensity and frequency of extreme rainfall and snowfall.

Using ERA5-Land reanalysis data spanning from 1950 to 2022, the researchers conducted a comprehensive analysis of long-term trends, temperature sensitivity, and the driving mechanism...