Climate change is thrusting most parts of the world towards a wetter future, not a dry one: Study
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With sweltering summers and drier-than-usual monsoons already being experienced worldwide, it's natural to paint a climate change-riddled picture with barren lands and incessant heatwaves. However, a new study has pointed out that this might not accurately represent our future on Earth.
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The reason for this is twofold. As heatwaves dry the Earth out, they inadvertently also take away the capacity of soil to readily absorb water. What you're ultimately left with is a crust where rainwater runs more freely along it rather than inside it, leading to more frequent (and devastating) flooding and landslide events.
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The combination of these factors means that we're inching towards a planet that constantly juggles between more widespread and severe precipitation and heat events, rather than a dry-hot Earth.
As a result, South and East Asia, Australia, Central Africa and the eastern United States will ultimately receive more precipitation, while South Africa, the Amazon and parts of Europe will experience drier conditions.
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The findings of this study have been published in Earth's Future and can be accessed here.