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  • How Is There So Much Rain Along the East Coast of Australia?

    How Is There So Much Rain Along the East Coast of Australia?

    At any one time, Earth’s atmosphere holds only about a week’s worth of rain. But rainfall and floods have devastated Australia’s eastern regions for weeks and more heavy rain is forecast. So where’s all this water coming from? We recently investigated the physical processes driving rainfall in eastern Australia. By following moisture from the oceans…