Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Twenty-five percent of the earth could see a permanent drought by 2050

Nation of Change


If Earth’s temperature goes up by 2 degrees Celsius by 2050, more than one-quarter of the world would live in a state of drought. Story here.


Parched ground in the southern US. 2011. Photo by Aljazeera English.
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