U.S. Droughts Will Be the Worst in 1,000 Years

[William Seger]

SAN FRANCISCO—Several independent studies in recent years have predicted that the American Southwest and central Great Plains will experience extensive droughts in the second half of this century, and that advancing climate change will exacerbate those droughts. But a new analysis released today says the drying will be even more extreme than previously predicted—the worst in nearly 1,000 years. Some time between 2050 and 2100, extended drought conditions in both regions will become more severe than the megadroughts of the 12th and 13th centuries. Tree rings and other evidence indicate that those medieval dry periods exceeded anything seen since, across the land we know today as the continental U.S.

Read more: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-droughts-will-be-the-worst-in-1-000-years1/?WT.mc_id=SA_WR_20150218

(The mentioned droughts in the 12th and 13th centuries are believed to have caused the abandonment of the Ancestral Pueblo sites around the Four Corners area, e.g. Mesa Verde and Chaco Canyon.)

[Callmecrazy]

1. I'll be dead by 2050...

I don't care.

[Xipe Totec]

2. The good news is nobody will want to waste water by pissing on your grave. nt

[Callmecrazy]

3. They'll never get the chance...

I'll be cremated. And that's one of the many reasons why.

[Bigmack]

4. Sorry to interrupt this pissing contest....

I'll be gone.... but my granddaughter will be around.

I'm conflicted. She is very bright, and I could see her future being some kind of educated professional person.

I also see her future turning into some kind of struggle just to say alive, what with climate change and events like described in the OP. (I think I've read too much Cormack McCarthy)

So.... I'm saving money for her college. AND. Teaching her how to shoot, fish, raise a garden, can food, and some basic survival skills.

I can't change the weather, but maybe I can help give her a fighting chance.