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Please see this article from the prestigious University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO. It was funded by the US National Science Foundation. Please see the graphics to get a sense of the devistating consequences predicted.
The author writes, “We are facing the possibility of widespread drought in the coming decades, but this has yet to be fully recognized by both the public and the climate change research community,” (Dai says). “If the projections in this study come even close to being realized, the consequences for society worldwide will be enormous.”
While regional climate projections are less certain than those for the globe as a whole, Dai’s study indicates that most of the western two-thirds of the United States will be significantly drier by the 2030s. Large parts of the nation may face an increasing risk of extreme drought during the century.Sincerely,
Jim Binkley
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