Climate change is expected to impact rainfall patterns, leading to more extreme events

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Evidence profile

Sourced from the future-work section and stated challenges and stated research gap of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2024 and 2026, spanning 6 journals. Those papers have been cited 31 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 7 representative gaps

• Future Changes in Precipitation Extremes over South Korea Based on Observations and CMIP6 SSP Scenarios (2025) · Water · cited 8× · doi

  Further research is needed to investigate the impacts of climate change on precipitation patterns in other regions, - Future studies should consider additional SSP scenarios and RCPs, - Research should focus on developing more accurate and reliable methods for estimating precipitation quantiles, - Studies should explore the application of the findings to other fields, such as agriculture and urban planning

  generalfuture-work section
  Keywords: further research needed investigate impacts climate change precipitation
• Future Changes in Precipitation Extremes over South Korea Based on Observations and CMIP6 SSP Scenarios (2025) · Water · cited 8× · doi

  The study faces challenges in capturing precipitation extremes due to the complexity of climate models and the uncertainty of emission scenarios. The research encounters difficulties in evaluating the performance of different SSP scenarios due to the variability of observational data. The study must address the challenge of projecting future changes in precipitation quantiles to inform flood mitigation and climate adaptation strategies.

  generalstated challenges
  Keywords: study faces challenges capturing precipitation extremes due complexity
• التغيرات المستقبلية لكميات الأمطار في محطة الموصل وفق سيناريوهات التغير المناخي (RCPs) باستخدام تقنية التصغير الإحصائي (SDSM) (2026) · لارك · doi

  Climate change is expected to impact rainfall patterns, leading to more extreme events. Accurate predictions of rainfall patterns are needed. The study's results must be used to inform water resource management strategies and climate change adaptation.

  generalstated challengesevidence 5/5
  Keywords: climate change expected impact rainfall patterns leading extreme
• The impact of climate change on dam overtopping floods in Australia (2025) · Hydrology and earth system sciences · cited 4× · doi

  The challenges involved in considering climate change in estimates of extreme flood magnitudes. The dynamic nature of flood mechanisms even under stationary climate assumptions. The need to translate knowledge from scientific theory to practice in estimating flood frequency under climate change.

  generalstated challengesevidence 5/5
  Keywords: challenges involved considering climate change estimates extreme flood
• A Paleo Perspective of Future Precipitation Drought in the Tennessee Valley (2026) · Hydrology · doi

  Hydroclimatic variability in the Southeastern United States poses challenges for water resource management. The limited instrumental record period in the Tennessee Valley makes it difficult to evaluate drought regimes. The study must address the challenge of integrating multiple datasets and models to provide insights into the long-term extremes in precipitation.

  generalstated challengesevidence 5/5
  Keywords: hydroclimatic variability southeastern united states poses challenges water
• Increasing extreme precipitation and enhanced large-scale climatic drivers in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region, China (2026) · Climate Dynamics · doi

  There is a lack of studies on the spatiotemporal evolution of extreme precipitation events in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region under future climate scenarios. The study aims to fill this gap by providing a comprehensive analysis of the trends and drivers of extreme precipitation events in the region.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: there lack studies spatiotemporal evolution extreme precipitation events
• Extreme rainfall in Dakar (Senegal): a case study for September 5, 2020 (2024) · Frontiers in Water · cited 11× · doi

  Further research is needed to better understand the associated risks and develop management strategies to mitigate the effects of extreme rainfall events, - Investigating the impact of climate change on extreme rainfall events, - Developing more accurate satellite rainfall estimation models

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 3/5
  Keywords: further research needed better understand associated risks develop

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