MEGADROUGHT

Sahara turned from grassland to wasteland 4,000 years ago triggering a megadrought in Southeast Asia

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Sahara turned from lush green grassland to a barren wasteland 4,000 years ago and triggered a megadrought that crippled Southeast Asia for 1,000 years Researchers reconstructed the past climate using evidence from caves in Laos They combined this with models to simulate the effects of the Sahara drying up     The rise in airborne dust cooled … Read more

A ‘MEGADROUGHT’ is likely to emerge in the southwest of North America driven by climate change

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A ‘MEGADROUGHT’ is likely to emerge in the southwest of North America driven by climate change as dry conditions are some of the worst for 1,200 years, researchers warns The southwest area of North America has been in a drought since 2000 This is deemed the worst one to hit the area in the past … Read more