The correct term for all this should be "Global Climate Change" per us EPA website:
How will climate change affect precipitation?
Researchers estimate that rising global temperatures in the past century have led to about a 5 percent increase of atmospheric water vapor over the oceans. Because precipitation is generated mainly by weather systems that feed on the water vapor stored in the atmosphere, this has generally increased the intensity of precipitation and the risk of heavy rain and snow events. As the climate continues to warm, atmospheric concentrations of water vapor are predicted to continue to rise, leading to an increase in the global average amount of precipitation, at least partly through less frequent, more intense storm systems. Higher temperatures also increase evaporation, accelerating the drying of land surfaces and leading to droughts in some areas. A warmer climate may reduce snowpacks in mountains such as those in western North America, also leading to seasonal droughts. Thus, climate change increases the risks of both droughts and floods, albeit at different times and places. For more information, visit the Future Precipitation and Storm Changes page on EPA’s Climate Change site.
Source: IPCC Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
Source: EPA Climate Change Science, Future Precipitation and Storm Changes.
Using the term Global Warming tends to make people believe that everything will just get really f...ing hot. The change in climate can cause the opposite reaction at times.
