Our Rivers Are Starting to Run Dry

Monbiot says that a new report on rainfall and evaporation under global warming may be the most important science report of the year. While climate scientists have been predicting that the wet parts of the world are likely to become wetter and the dry parts drier, they had assumed that overall rainfall would rise, as higher temperatures increase evaporation. But the new paper's "drought index" covers both rainfall and evaporation: overall, the world becomes drier.

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Darling River dry as a bone

SOUTH Australian Premier Mike Rann has called for urgent action to fight worsening drought conditions, while the dry spell is turning the Darling River to dust.