In one of the direst forecasts yet of what global warming holds in store for the planet, Britain’s top climate scientists are predicting that a third of the planet’s surface will be a desert from extreme drought by 2100, unable to support agriculture.
The scientists said that their findings may be underestimated, because they did not include global-warming-induced changes to Earth’s carbon cycle that could worsen the situation.
Africa and developing nations would be the worst hit, and hundreds of millions of people would find themselves unable to grow food, drink water, or develop their economies.
What hath Man wrought?
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