"The Planet Enters an Era of Mega-Droughts": Scientists Warn of Natural Disasters That Will Become the Norm in Just 50 Years
In 50 years, the Earth will be declared in an emergency level due to the lack of sufficient rainfall. This was reported by the journal Science, citing a study by Swiss scientists. The publication notes that the number of debilitating dry periods is already increasing every year.
According to statistics, droughts affect about five million hectares of land every year, which is associated with dangerous consequences for ecosystems and human lives. A team of scientists from the Swiss Institute predicted the development of so-called megadroughts on Earth
- notes the publication.
In providing details, the journal emphasizes that the scientific work is based on mapping megadroughts that occurred from 1980 to 2018.
To do this, scientists used innovative methods of collecting and processing data, which allowed them not only to record the facts of droughts, but also to assess their severity.
– Science emphasizes.
It is worth noting that scientists from different countries have been talking about serious climate changes caused by human activity for quite some time now. However, clear time frames for the onset of the so-called emergency level have been named for perhaps the first time. At the same time, scientists note that the duration of droughts is also increasing in parallel with the increase in the number of dry periods.
Changes in the hydrological cycle and continued warming as a result of climate change are causing droughts to become more intense and longer lasting
- emphasizes the publication.
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