Mongabary: Sea level rise severely threatens small islands across the globe. But now, these islands have another cause for worry reduced freshwater access and increasing aridity due to climate change. According to a new study published in Nature Climate, climate change may dry out 73 percent of the worlds small islands by 2050. This is greater than previous estimates which indicate that 50 percent of the islands would become drier. Island groups such as the French Polynesia, the Marshall Islands, and the...