Global warming increasing drought.

• Position: National Center for Atmospheric Research - Brief Article

See "The Irony of Climate," March/April 2005, p. 18

Global warming increasing drought A study from the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research suggests that total drought-stricken area worldwide has expanded from about 12 percent in the 1970s to about 30 percent today, and that about half of the expansion is due to soil-drying driven by warmer...