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New projections: Drought increasing worldwide

News: Climate Change    October 19, 2010
Drought regions by 2099……Credit: National Center for Atmospheric Research (USA) According to Aiguo Dai, lead climatologist for a new study released by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) [Drought under global warming: a review] the signs of increasing drought are already visible. They will become obvious and severe by 2030. By 2099 some areas [...]
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Global warming drought – or just too many people?

Impact: Water Shortage    October 12, 2009
The drought of 2005-2007 in the Southeastern United States was perceived to be one of the worst ever; but was it? Columbia University researchers have concluded the drought was not unprecedented and resulted from random weather events, not global warming. They say the severe water shortages resulted from population growth more than rainfall patterns. The [...]
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