Trenberth denies that global warming causes drought in the middle to high latitudes?!: "The overall pattern has been that middle to high latitudes [have] an increase in precipitation that goes with a warming climate"

Scientists link global warming to England’s rainiest year on record

“It is not just Britain but many other parts of northern Europe and north America that are getting wetter and there is a climate change component to it,” Kevin Trenberth told EurActiv over a phone line from the US National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado.
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“The overall pattern has been that middle to high latitudes [have] an increase in precipitation that goes with a warming climate, and the fact that the air can hold more moisture so the hydrological cycle speeds up,” he said.
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“If you draw a line around the globe starting with the UK, this whole region is expected to become wetter,” [Gabriele Hegerl] said, “the wet regions become wetter and the dry regions drier.”