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Below are the trends for the first and second half-centuries.
The 3rd map, the difference, is shown above.
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.rtfA Climate Warning from the Cradle of Civilization 0723.rtfShrinking Inland Seas Expose Salty Particulates and More 0623.rtfDrought Is on the Verge of Becoming the Next Pandemic 0623.rtfDay Zero for Water Threatens Uruguay’s Capital 0623.rtfClick for more2020-2024 Articles
A Breakthrough Deal to Keep the Colorado River from Going Dry, for Now 0523.rtfWater Theft Proves Lucrative in a Dangerously Dry World 0423.rtfAs Earth Warms, More ‘Flash Droughts’ Suck Soil, Plants Dry 0423.rtfGlobal Fresh Water Demand Will Outstrip Supply by 40% by 2030 - 0323.rtfWhy the Badly Needed Rains in California Could Fuel Catastrophic Fires 0223.rtfWet Winter Won’t Fix Colorado River Woes 0223.rtfCrisis 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 MexicoAfter Comeback, Southern Iraq’s Marshes Are Now Drying Up 0123.rtfGreat Salt Lake Will Disappear in 5 Years without Massive ‘Emergency Rescue’ 0123.rtfFear ‘Complete Doomsday Scenario’ for Drought-Stricken Colorado River 1222.rtfOver 600 Million Africans at Risk of Severe Droughts due to Climate Change 0922.rtfCould the Drying Up of Europe’s Great Rivers Be the New Normal? 0922.rtfDrifting Toward Disaster - the (2nd) Rio Grande 0922.rtfThe Heat Wave Crushing the West Previews Farmworkers’ Hot Future 0922.rtfThe World’s Rivers, Canals, and Reservoirs Are Turning to Dust 0822.rtfChina Drought Causes Yangtze to Dry Up, Sparking Hydropower Shortage 0822.rtfWater Resources to Become Less Predictable with Climate Change 0722.rtfHow the Dust Bowl 90 Years Ago Prophesied Our Climate-Ravaged Future 0622.rtfThe Vanishing Rio Grande – Warming Takes Its Toll 0622.rtf‘Consequences Will Be Dire’ - Chile’s Water Crisis Is Reaching Breaking Point 0622.rtfIs 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.rtfUS Southwest Drought and Fires Are a Window to Our Climate Change Future 0522.rtfCalifornia Braces for Extreme Summer Drought after Dismal Wet Season 0522.rtfWest’s Megadrought Delivers Another Blow - Saving Glen Canyon Dam 0522.rtfRecord Low Water Levels Reveal Body in Barrel at Lake Mead 0522.rtfSandstorm Wave Sweeps Middle East, Sending 1,000s to Hospitals 0522.rtfIraqis Choke Under a Blanket of Dust as Sandstorms Sweep the Country 0522.rtfLake Powell Officials’ Stark Choice in West's Megadrought - Water or Electricity 0422.rtfDroughts to Increase Human Migration at Least 200% - 0422.rtfMega-Drought Threatens California Power Blackouts This Summer 0422.rtfDeadly ‘Smoke Waves’ from Wildfires Set to Soar 0322.rtfEurope Faces a Future of Extreme Droughts 0422.rtfArizona’s Future Water Shock 0322.rtfChina 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.rtfA Slow-Motion Climate Disaster - Brazil's Spread of Barren Land 1221.rtfMesopotamia – 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.rtfAs the Climate Bakes, Turkey Faces a Future without Water 0921.rtfDesertification Is Turning the Earth Barren – but a Solution Is Still within Reach 0921.rtfA Thirstier Atmosphere - Why Fires Are Lasting Longer into the Night 0921.rtfCerrado Desertification - Savanna Could Collapse within 30 Years 0721.rtfChina Is Facing Its Worst Power Shortage in a Decade, a Whole-World Problem 0621.rtfU.N. Warns Drought May Be 'the Next Pandemic' 0621.rtf60% of World’s Rivers Stop Flowing for at Least One Day a Year 0621.rtfExtreme Drought and Fire Risk May Double by 2060 - 0121.rtfMore than 3 Billion People Affected by Water Shortages 1120.rtfAustralia’s Inland Rivers, Pulse of the Outback, to Be Unrecognizable by 2070 - 0920.rtfIndia’s Food Bowl Heads toward Desertification 0820.rtfIn Parched Southwest, Warm Spring Renews Threat of ‘Megadrought’ 0720.rtfAustralia's Water Is Vanishing 0620.rtfWorld Population Facing Water Stress Could Double by 2050 as Climate Warms 0620.rtfDust Bowl Conditions of 1930s Now More than Twice as Likely to Recur 0520.rtfAmazon Rainforest Likely Drier, More Fire-Prone This Year 0420.rtfFuture Droughts May ‘Eclipse’ Those of the Past 0420.rtfGlobal Warming Threatens to Dry Out Europe’s Crop Fields 0420.rtfAmazon Tipping Point Puts Brazil’s Agribusiness, Energy Sector at Risk 0220.rtfClimate Change Is Drying Up the Colorado River, Putting Millions at Risk of ‘Severe Water Shortages' 0220.rtfDesertification Is a Serious Threat to Southern Europe 0719.rtfSlowing Climate Change Could Reverse Drying in the Subtropics 0219.rtfThe Sahara Is Growing, Thanks in Part to Climate Change 0318.rtf1:4 of Land Will Be Drier, even Desertified, under 2°C Warming by 2050 - 0118.rtfOne Meal a Day, as Lake Chad Vanishes 0617.rtfSahel Countries Race against Time to Re-Green Africa's Spreading Desert 1116.rtfRapidly Warming Mediterranean Headed for Desertification 1016.rtfLiving in China’s Expanding Deserts 1016.rtfIn a Parched Corner of Xinjiang, Ancient Water Tunnels Are Running Dry 0916.rtfWill the Great Salt Lake Be Reduced to Dust? 0216.rtfChina Needs More Efforts in Curbing Desertification, Despite Its Progress 1215.rtfDesertification - the People Whose Land Is Turning to Dust 1115.rtfSpread of Drylands Will Hit Poor Nations Hardest 1115.rtf70 Million Nigerians Affected by Desertification, Drought 0915.rtfDrought, Expanding Deserts and ‘Food for Jihad' Drive Mali's Conflict 0415.rtfStudy Predicts Global Warming Will See Australian Deserts Grow Bigger 0215.rtfGreat Wall of Trees Keeps China's Deserts at Bay 1214.rtfWater Woes in Lima - a Glimpse of Our Future? 1214.rtfCan America's Desert Cities Adapt Before They Dry Out And Die? 1214.rtfDesertification Threatening Fertile Lands Worldwide 0814.rtfCan Deserts Stop Global Warming? No, But They Help 0414.rtfLooming US Water Crisis 0713.rtfDeserts Grow 50% in China 0308.rtfDesertification Crisis Affecting 168 Countries 0413.rtfStruggling to Force the Sahara Back 0413.rtfWhen the Desert Devours the Lake 0413.rtfDeserts Spread Like Cancer in Middle East 0410.rtfDeserts & Troposphere Expand 0606.rtf
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