Source: Rick Smith, WRAL TECHWIRE, 7/23/19

 A “regime shift” defined as “large, persistent changes in the structure and function of social-ecological systems, with substantive impacts on the suite of ecosystem services provided by these systems” appears to be underway for coastal North Carolina with precipitation levels in recent storms being “off the charts,” say researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill. Driving the change is climate change, they conclude. Citing data accumulated since 1898, the researchers note that six of the largest “highest precipitation events” such as hurricanes...

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