<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><br></div><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">" \u2026 the proportion of the land surface in extreme drought is predicted to increase from 1% for the present day to 30% by the end of the twenty-first century." </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">ELEANOR J. BURKE, et al. "Modeling the Recent Evolution of Global Drought and Projections for the Twenty-First Century with the Hadley Centre Climate Model."</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">JOURNAL OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY OCTOBER</span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 10);"><b> 2006</b><b></b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/hydr/7/5/jhm544_1.xml">https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/hydr/7/5/jhm544_1.xml</a></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014</b><b></b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Warming Climate May Spread Drying to a Third of Earth, Says Study.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Heat, Not Just Rainfall, Plays into New Projections</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 10);"><b>2014-</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none;">03-31</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(16, 60, 192);"><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/3164">http://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/3164<span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></a></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 17px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014</b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 17px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(24, 23, 19);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The May 3<b> </b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 10);"><b>2019 </b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">issue of Newsweek could quote climate sleuth Kate Marvel saying we have to wait and see what actually turns out, </span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(254, 251, 244);">"But all the models are projecting that you should see unprecedented drying soon, in a lot of places<<<a href="https://www.newsweek.com/manmade-climate-change-linked-droughts-early-1900-scientists-discover-1411239">https://www.newsweek.com/manmade-climate-change-linked-droughts-early-1900-scientists-discover-1411239</a>>>.\u201d</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(24, 23, 19); background-color: rgb(254, 251, 244); min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014</b></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><b></b></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(19, 0, 155); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(19, 0, 155); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://eos.org/articles/three-quarters-of-the-worlds-land-is-drying-out-redefining-life-on-earth">Three-Quarters of the World's Land Is Drying Out, \u201cRedefining </a>Life on Earth.\u201d</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(24, 25, 27); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(24, 25, 27);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://eos.org/articles/three-quarters-of-the-worlds-land-is-drying-out-redefining-life-on-earth">eos.org<span style="font-kerning: none; color: rgb(24, 25, 27);"></span></a></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(55, 55, 55); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-kerning: none; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(80, 80, 80);">Jan 13, </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 10); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(80, 80, 80);"><b>2025 </b></span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: rgb(80, 80, 80); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(80, 80, 80);">\u2014 </span><span style="font-kerning: none;">New research has found </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: rgb(99, 99, 99); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(99, 99, 99);"><b>global warming has made 77 percent of the Earth's land drier</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> over the past three decades while rapidly increasing the ..</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(55, 55, 55); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; 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