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The 3rd map, the difference, is shown above.
2020-2024 Articles
2020-2024 Articles
‘The Land Is Becoming Desert’ - Drought Pushes Sicily’s Farming to the Brink 0824.rtf
‘We Can’t Let the Animals Die’ - Deserts Come to Sicily Farmers 0724.rtf - Sicily is becoming like Libya and Tunisia.
In Northeast Brazil, etc., Small Farmers on Exhausted Lands Face Desertification 0624.rtf
A Climate Warning from the Cradle of Civilization 0723.rtf
Shrinking Inland Seas Expose Salty Particulates and More 0623.rtf
Drought Is on the Verge of Becoming the Next Pandemic 0623.rtf
Day Zero for Water Threatens Uruguay’s Capital 0623.rtf
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A Breakthrough Deal to Keep the Colorado River from Going Dry, for Now 0523.rtf
Water Theft Proves Lucrative in a Dangerously Dry World 0423.rtf
As Earth Warms, More ‘Flash Droughts’ Suck Soil, Plants Dry 0423.rtf
Global Fresh Water Demand Will Outstrip Supply by 40% by 2030 - 0323.rtf
Why the Badly Needed Rains in California Could Fuel Catastrophic Fires 0223.rtf
Wet Winter Won’t Fix Colorado River Woes 0223.rtf
Crisis on the Rio Grande 0123.rtf - cracked mud riverbed all the way downstream to Albuquerque, the river's 2nd largest city and largest in New Mexico
After Comeback, Southern Iraq’s Marshes Are Now Drying Up 0123.rtf
Great Salt Lake Will Disappear in 5 Years without Massive ‘Emergency Rescue’ 0123.rtf
Fear ‘Complete Doomsday Scenario’ for Drought-Stricken Colorado River 1222.rtf
Over 600 Million Africans at Risk of Severe Droughts due to Climate Change 0922.rtf
Could the Drying Up of Europe’s Great Rivers Be the New Normal? 0922.rtf
Drifting Toward Disaster - the (2nd) Rio Grande 0922.rtf
The Heat Wave Crushing the West Previews Farmworkers’ Hot Future 0922.rtf
The World’s Rivers, Canals, and Reservoirs Are Turning to Dust 0822.rtf
China Drought Causes Yangtze to Dry Up, Sparking Hydropower Shortage 0822.rtf
Water Resources to Become Less Predictable with Climate Change 0722.rtf
How the Dust Bowl 90 Years Ago Prophesied Our Climate-Ravaged Future 0622.rtf
The Vanishing Rio Grande – Warming Takes Its Toll 0622.rtf
‘Consequences Will Be Dire’ - Chile’s Water Crisis Is Reaching Breaking Point 0622.rtf
Is My Home at Risk from Wildfire? This Is How to Find Out 0522.rtf - Maps of this are above, under Fires.
Report Warns London and Other World Cities Face Rising Risk of Drought 0522.rtf
US Southwest Drought and Fires Are a Window to Our Climate Change Future 0522.rtf
California Braces for Extreme Summer Drought after Dismal Wet Season 0522.rtf
West’s Megadrought Delivers Another Blow - Saving Glen Canyon Dam 0522.rtf
Record Low Water Levels Reveal Body in Barrel at Lake Mead 0522.rtf
Sandstorm Wave Sweeps Middle East, Sending 1,000s to Hospitals 0522.rtf
Iraqis Choke Under a Blanket of Dust as Sandstorms Sweep the Country 0522.rtf
Lake Powell Officials’ Stark Choice in West's Megadrought - Water or Electricity 0422.rtf
Droughts to Increase Human Migration at Least 200% - 0422.rtf
Mega-Drought Threatens California Power Blackouts This Summer 0422.rtf
Deadly ‘Smoke Waves’ from Wildfires Set to Soar 0322.rtf
Europe Faces a Future of Extreme Droughts 0422.rtf
Arizona’s Future Water Shock 0322.rtf
China Is Running Out of Water. That’s Scary for Asia. 1221.rtf - 7% of world’s watere for 20% of the people. Large-scale diversions may have reaches their limits. Dam-building in China deprives Thailand and Laos of water. Desertification gobbles large chunks of China's land. Water-related energy shortfalls have become common across China.
A Slow-Motion Climate Disaster - Brazil's Spread of Barren Land 1221.rtf
A Slow-Motion Climate Disaster - Brazil's Spread of Barren Land 1221.rtf
Mesopotamia – From Cradle to Grave 1021.rtf - From cradle of civilization 5,000 years ago, to a desert too hot for humans to survive in.
U.N. Weather Agency Says World Ill-Prepared for Looming Water Crisis 1021.rtf
As the Climate Bakes, Turkey Faces a Future without Water 0921.rtf
Desertification Is Turning the Earth Barren – but a Solution Is Still within Reach 0921.rtf
A Thirstier Atmosphere - Why Fires Are Lasting Longer into the Night 0921.rtf
Cerrado Desertification - Savanna Could Collapse within 30 Years 0721.rtf
China Is Facing Its Worst Power Shortage in a Decade, a Whole-World Problem 0621.rtf
U.N. Warns Drought May Be 'the Next Pandemic' 0621.rtf
60% of World’s Rivers Stop Flowing for at Least One Day a Year 0621.rtf
Extreme Drought and Fire Risk May Double by 2060 - 0121.rtf
More than 3 Billion People Affected by Water Shortages 1120.rtf
Australia’s Inland Rivers, Pulse of the Outback, to Be Unrecognizable by 2070 - 0920.rtf
India’s Food Bowl Heads toward Desertification 0820.rtf
In Parched Southwest, Warm Spring Renews Threat of ‘Megadrought’ 0720.rtf
Australia's Water Is Vanishing 0620.rtf
World Population Facing Water Stress Could Double by 2050 as Climate Warms 0620.rtf
Dust Bowl Conditions of 1930s Now More than Twice as Likely to Recur 0520.rtf
Amazon Rainforest Likely Drier, More Fire-Prone This Year 0420.rtf
Future Droughts May ‘Eclipse’ Those of the Past 0420.rtf
Global Warming Threatens to Dry Out Europe’s Crop Fields 0420.rtf
Amazon Tipping Point Puts Brazil’s Agribusiness, Energy Sector at Risk 0220.rtf
Desertification Is a Serious Threat to Southern Europe 0719.rtf
Slowing Climate Change Could Reverse Drying in the Subtropics 0219.rtf
The Sahara Is Growing, Thanks in Part to Climate Change 0318.rtf
1:4 of Land Will Be Drier, even Desertified, under 2°C Warming by 2050 - 0118.rtf
One Meal a Day, as Lake Chad Vanishes 0617.rtf
Sahel Countries Race against Time to Re-Green Africa's Spreading Desert 1116.rtf
Rapidly Warming Mediterranean Headed for Desertification 1016.rtf
Living in China’s Expanding Deserts 1016.rtf
In a Parched Corner of Xinjiang, Ancient Water Tunnels Are Running Dry 0916.rtf
Will the Great Salt Lake Be Reduced to Dust? 0216.rtf
China Needs More Efforts in Curbing Desertification, Despite Its Progress 1215.rtf
Desertification - the People Whose Land Is Turning to Dust 1115.rtf
Spread of Drylands Will Hit Poor Nations Hardest 1115.rtf
70 Million Nigerians Affected by Desertification, Drought 0915.rtf
Drought, Expanding Deserts and ‘Food for Jihad' Drive Mali's Conflict 0415.rtf
Study Predicts Global Warming Will See Australian Deserts Grow Bigger 0215.rtf
Great Wall of Trees Keeps China's Deserts at Bay 1214.rtf
Water Woes in Lima - a Glimpse of Our Future? 1214.rtf
Can America's Desert Cities Adapt Before They Dry Out And Die? 1214.rtf
Desertification Threatening Fertile Lands Worldwide 0814.rtf
Can Deserts Stop Global Warming? No, But They Help 0414.rtf
Looming US Water Crisis 0713.rtf
Deserts Grow 50% in China 0308.rtf
Desertification Crisis Affecting 168 Countries 0413.rtf
Struggling to Force the Sahara Back 0413.rtf
When the Desert Devours the Lake 0413.rtf
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