Splenda t1_irepvx2 wrote on October 7, 2022 at 2:35 PM

Reply to comment by TaviRider in Historical review shows megadroughts could become permanent in some places due to climate change by Additional-Two-7312

It's right there in the abstract:

>Anthropogenic climate change has intensified ongoing megadroughts in
south-western North America and across Chile and Argentina. Future
megadroughts will be substantially warmer than past events, with this
warming driving projected increases in megadrought risk and severity
across many regions, including western North America, Central America,
Europe and the Mediterranean, extratropical South America, and
Australia.

TaviRider t1_ireuj67 wrote on October 7, 2022 at 3:10 PM

Thank you for the excerpt. It doesn’t mention areas where it could become permanent. The word permanent doesn’t appear in the abstract.

Splenda t1_irfbsjh wrote on October 7, 2022 at 5:19 PM

Nothing in the universe is permanent, but it appears these droughts are unlikely to end for centuries. If anything, they are likely to continue growing worse.

Another article on this: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2340790-megadrought-could-become-the-new-normal-in-the-south-western-us/