2050 Drought Predicted To Be Among The Worst In U.S. History

Southwest and Great Plains could be target of future drought, scientific study says

Numerous studies indicate climate change will change the face of the U.S. in the future, and a new study today estimates that U.S. droughts, particularly in the Great Plains and Southwest, could be the worst in 1,000 years.

Droughts will be among the worst in North American history

Benjamin Cook, a research scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City and lead author of the study, noted that their analysis “shows how exceptional future...