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Global Precipitation
Global
mean precipitation over the past
100 years shows a weak resemblance to global temperature history (low at the beginning of the
record, increasing beginning in the 1940s, variable to 1980, and increasing since then. A global
distribution of change from 1900-1994 generally shows
increases at high latitudes and decreases in subtropical areas.
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