Climate change: Drought may threaten much of globe within decades

Here’s the release from the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Here’s an excerpt:

Using an ensemble of 22 computer climate models and a comprehensive index of drought conditions, as well as analyses of previously published studies, the paper finds most of the Western Hemisphere, along with large parts of Eurasia, Africa, and Australia, may be at threat of extreme drought this century. In contrast, higher-latitude regions from Alaska to Scandinavia are likely to become more moist.

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