“Genuinely Terrifying” Research Shows One-Third Of Planet Will Be Desert By 2100...

The Independent Michael McCarthy October 3, 2006 at 11:43 PM
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Drought threatening the lives of millions will spread across half the land surface of the Earth in the coming century because of global warming, according to new predictions from Britain's leading climate scientists.

Extreme drought, in which agriculture is in effect impossible, will affect about a third of the planet, according to the study from the Met Office's Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research.

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