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More Droughts to Come

The dam at sunset.
The dam at sunset. Photo: Zowy Voeten (Getty Images)

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in its landmark report last year found that extreme droughts that used to happen around once every ten years are now happening 70% more often. Allowing the planet to warm above 2 degrees Celsius, meanwhile, would make those extreme droughts two to three times more likely.