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  • Rising heat drives drought more than lack of rain, UCLA study says

    Stacker, Sirisha Dinavahi|Nov 1, 2024

    According to recent research from experts at the University of California, Los Angeles and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, higher temperatures brought on by anthropogenic climate change have turned an ordinary drought in the American West into the "exceptional" category, with greater evaporation contributing more than a lack of rainfall. The study, published in Science Advances, found that evaporation accounted for 61% of drought severity in the West from 2020 to 2022,...