Floods in south Brazil have displaced 600,000 – here’s why this region is likely to see ever more extreme rain in future

By Marcia Zilli, Postdoctoral Researcher in Climate Dynamics, University of Oxford
Caio Coelho, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Weather Forecast and Climatic Studies (CPTEC), National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Inpe)
Neil Hart, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, University of Oxford

‘Flying rivers’ of moist air from the Amazon combined with a warming planet have the potential to produce more rain, say scientists.

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