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New Study: ‘Global Drought Shows No Detectable Recent Acceleration Under Climate Warming’

Another climate-related “crisis” narrative is sapped by observational evidence. A new study published in a Nature journal finds no acceleration (even a slightly negative acceleration, -0.0003 to -0.00005 yr⁻²) in global-scale drought trends in the modern era of “global warming”.

New Study: ‘Global Drought Shows No Detectable Recent Acceleration Under Climate Warming’

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Another climate-related “crisis” narrative is sapped by observational evidence.

A new study published in a Nature journal finds no acceleration (even a slightly negative acceleration, -0.0003 to -0.00005 yr⁻²) in global-scale drought trends in the modern era of “global warming”.

The zero-acceleration (or slightly declining) trend in global drought appears in Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index […]

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Another climate-related “crisis” narrative is sapped by observational evidence. A new study published in a Nature journal finds no acceleration (even a slightly negative acceleration, -0.0003 to -0.00005 yr⁻²) in global-scale drought trends in the modern era of “global warming”. The zero-acceleration (or slightly declining) trend in global drought appears in Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index […]

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