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Climate Change Doubles Drought Stricken Area

Posted by samzenpus on from the more-dry-skin dept.

Cally writes "The National Atmospheric Research Center has published research showing that the percentage of Earth's land area stricken by serious drought more than doubled from the 1970s to the early 2000s, and attributing this to global climate change. Interestingly, the lead author comments that 'droughts and floods are extreme climate events that are likely to change more rapidly than the average climate'."

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  1. Re:The climate went apeshit by Barnoid · · Score: 3, Funny

    I also remember that when I was a little kid, snowbanks would reach well above my head, nowadays it hardly ever reaches above my knee.

    Well, I'm afraid that's not due to a climate change.

    It's because you grew taller.

  2. Re:drought? by totipotentsoul · · Score: 2, Funny

    Homer: Oh Lisa! There's no record of a hurricane ever hitting Springfield.

    Lisa: Yes, but the records only go back to 1978 when the Hall of Records was mysteriously blown away.

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    The best posts are both flamebait and informative.