<html aria-label="message body"><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;"><p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; 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-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Google AI Overview</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; 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-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffff0b">Yes, heat is a primary driver of land surface drying</span><span style="font-kerning: none">. High temperatures increase the atmosphere's "thirst" for moisture. This causes water in soil, vegetation, and streams to evaporate at much faster rates through a process called <b>evapotranspiration</b>. [<a href="https://www.climatesignals.org/climate-signals/land-surface-drying-increase"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 233); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 233);">1</span></a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnoqzm5-MXw"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 233); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 233);">2</span></a>]</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; 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-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none">This creates a self-amplifying cycle: as the land surface dries out, the sun's energy is no longer used to evaporate water, causing local air temperatures to rise even further. [<a href="https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/17720/noaa_17720_DS1.pdf"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 233); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 233);">1</span></a>]</span></p><div>
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