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Evaporative Demand

Global drought intensified by rising atmospheric evaporative demand due to climate change

Earth’s growing thirst is making droughts worse, even where it rains

New research led by Dr Solomon H. Gebrechorkos, Researcher in Climate Change Attribution, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, published in Nature, has found that this 'thirst' has made droughts 40% more severe across the globe Atmosphere's growing 'thirst' worsens global droughts Droughts are usually blamed on a lack of rain, but a team…

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