Global warming will likely make bigger hailstones that could cause "major damage" to vehicles, solar panels and other infrastructure.
Human-caused climate change from burning polluting fossil fuels makes more high-energy unstable air, which is conducive to hail forming and global storms.
According to a study published in the science journal Nature this week, hail bigger than a large marble will increase between 38 and 47 per cent by the end of the century, depending on how much heat-trapping gas the world spews. Storms that produce smaller hail will shrink by four to eight per cent, researchers also found.
The astronomical cost of hail
While hail generally doesn’t kill people, it is surprisingly expensive. It already costs around $80 billion (€68 billion) globally, says study co-author John Allen, a meteorology professor at Central Michigan University.
