Rising global temperatures are partly responsible for a doubling of the land on earth subject to dry conditions, according to a report by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado. Drying effects appeared across the globe. In at least half the instances studied, the drying effects were due to rising temperatures, not declining rainfall.
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