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The Future Is Evaporating: Climate Change Could Dry Out 30 Percent of the Earth
2014-04-15 11:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Motherboard: Scientists expect the changing climate to bring on more drought; there's going to be less rainfall in the already arid regions. That alone would be bad news for denizens of the planet's dry zones--in some places in North Africa, the American Southwest, India, and the Middle East, water shortages could well become an existential threat to societies built there. But new research shows that in addition to less rain, the rate of evaporation is likely to rise, too. Combined, the two forces could dry out...
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