{"id":226945,"date":"2022-11-02T14:42:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T13:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=226945"},"modified":"2022-11-02T14:42:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T13:42:35","slug":"somewhere-over-the-rainbow-because-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=226945","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSomewhere Over the Rainbow\u201d \u2026 Because Climate Change!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Guest \u201cWill climate change also increase our odds of finding a pot of gold?\u201d by David Middleton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Climate change to produce more rainbows<\/strong>
Posted on October 28, 2022, by Marcie Grabowski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate change will increase opportunities to see rainbows, according to a new study<\/a> led by researchers at the University of Hawai\u2018i (UH) at M\u0101noa. The study\u2019s authors estimate that by 2100, the average land location on Earth will experience about 5% more days with rainbows than at the beginning of the 21st century. Northern latitudes and very high elevations, where warming is predicted to lead to less snow and more rain, will experience the greatest gains in rainbow occurrence. However, places with reduced rainfall under climate change\u2014such as the Mediterranean\u2014are projected to lose rainbow days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cLiving in Hawai\u2018i, I felt grateful that stunning, ephemeral rainbows were a part of my daily life,\u201d said the lead author of the study, Kimberly Carlson<\/a>, who is now at New York University\u2019s Department of Environmental Studies. \u201cI wondered how climate change might affect such rainbow viewing opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Hawaiian Islands, recently dubbed the \u201crainbow capital of the world<\/a>\u201d, are predicted to experience a few more days with rainbows per year. The authors stopped short of discussing how changes in rainbow occurrence might affect human wellbeing. However, rainbows are an important part of human culture throughout history and around the world and are aesthetically pleasing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cClimate change will generate pervasive changes across all aspects of the human experience on Earth. Shifts in intangible parts of our environment\u2014such as sound and light\u2014are part of these changes and deserve more attention from researchers,\u201d said Carlson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this case, the overall findings are encouraging\u2014it seems people will have more opportunities to make a rainbow connection under climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read also on Eurekalert<\/a>.The School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at the University of Hawai\u2018i at M\u0101noa<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

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