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North American drought projections: soil moisture 30 cm below ground projected through 2090-2100 for high emissions scenario RCP 8.5. Image credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

Global Warming Could Increase Risk of U.S. Megadroughts

Feb 13, 2015 by News Staff

Droughts in the U.S. Southwest and Central Plains during the second half of the XXI century, could be drier and longer than drought conditions seen in...