Apart from driving
temperatures up, global
warming is likely to cause
bigger, more destructive storms,
more widespread drought, and
coastal damage from high sea
levels. With some exceptions,
the tropics will likely receive less
rain (orange) as the planet
warms, while the polar regions
will receive more precipitation
(green). White areas indicate
that fewer than two-thirds of
the climate models agreed on
how precipitation will change.
Stippled areas reveal where
more than 90 percent of the
models agreed.