<p>"The wet gets wetter and the dry gets drier".</p><br><p>That's one of the key messages from the chapter in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) latest report on how climate change is impacting Earth's water cycle. And it's the topic of our latest episode.</p><br><p>In case you're new here: Fear & Wonder is a new climate podcast, brought to you by <a href="https://theconversation.com/au" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Conversation</a>. It takes you inside the United Nations’ era-defining climate report via the hearts and minds of the scientists who wrote it. The show is sponsored by the <a href="https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Climate Council</a>, an independent, evidence-based organisation working on climate science, impacts and solutions.</p><br><p>In this episode, hosts Michael Green and Joelle Gergis speak to scientists Paola Arias from Colombia and Krishnan Raghavan from India about how climate change is intensifying the extremes of wet and dry. They discuss the Australian floods of 2020 to the South Asian monsoon and the devastating Pantanal wetland fires in Brazil's Amazon.</p><br><p>...</p><br><p>If you liked this episode, you might also like to <a href="https://memberservices.theconversation.com/newsletters/newsletter-tcus.php?region=au&nl=au-science&utm_campaign=AU+/+Science+Wrap" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">subscribe to The Conversation's new Science Wrap newsletter</a>: <a href="https://bit.ly/406nQgk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/406nQgk</a>. And if you really like the show, please consider <a href="https://donate.theconversation.com/au" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">donating to The Conversation</a> – we're a non-profit newsroom who rely on the support of our readers to fund our expert-led journalism: <a href="https://bit.ly/42ABoCi" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/42ABoCi</a>.</p><br><p>If you'd like to support the Climate Council and receive your free copy of Joelle's book Humanity's Moment, click <a href="https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/theconversation/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>: <a href="https://bit.ly/40sQ4BP" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/40sQ4BP</a>.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
