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Report: Climate Crisis Is Causing 3 Quarters of the World’s Land to Dry Out (truthout.org)

submitted 1 week ago by TokenBoomer to c/progressivepolitics

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Great swaths of the planet are drier with saltier soils, jeopardizing food production and water access for billions.

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[–] shalafi 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I keep a close eye on water levels and patterns. Seen it dry up quite a bit around here the last 5 years. Dry, in NW Florida, in a swamp. It's worse than you see with your eyes.

Didn't have many dragonflies this year at camp. They stay underwater for 2 full years until they mature and fly around for a month. Where did they go? Several "ponds" dried up to mud puddles the last 2 years, never seen it that bad.

With my velociraptor air force diminished, had more mosquitoes this year. Dried up ponds also killed the tiny fish. Go figure.

Y'all are thinking about human and crop water supplies. There is so much more to it than that.

[–] HerrBeter 4 points 1 week ago

Many bogs here in Sweden have been drying the last years too, we've been able to walk straight across them.

When they are filled with water you sink like a rock