Study predicts warming climate will make hail bigger and more damaging

A new study says the size and damage from hailstones will increase in a warming world.

Computer simulations of the future show that the amount of hail bigger than a large marble will increase between 38% and 47% globally by 2100 with the amount of smaller hailstones dropping a bit.

It’s one of the first global studies on climate change and the size of hail and it’s based on the energy and moisture in storms.

Argentina, Europe, Canada and U.S. Northern Plains will see the biggest increase.