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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. your sig by thegameiam · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    your sig read: "I came, I saw, she conquered"

    shouldn't the first two items be reversed?

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  2. Off Topic, go away. by Mr.+Arbusto · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What the hell does that all of that have to do with the article. Or even other topics spawned by the threads.

    Drought effected areas became larger, IT IS THE CHRISTIANS FAULT. VOTE NOT REPUBLICAN! This is all fine and dandy but you're a little off. Christians are split just like american politics. Some believe to be a good steward of the earth you should respect it and be prudent with the resources given, others don't care and like their iPods and cell phones on a 6 month consumer cycle. Others yet, think black people are a plague placed here by the devil.

    I sound a bit like Tom Daschel with this line but things aren't always Democrat or Replublican. Just because someone believes in god a certian way doesn't mean that they plot the increase in drought effected land. Oh, wait you didn't say that, you were completly off topic spouting shit, just like I am right now.