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Three-quarters of the world's land is drying out, 'redefining life on Earth'

grist.org Three-quarters of the world's land is drying out, 'redefining life on Earth'

Climate change has made great swaths of the planet's land drier and saltier, jeopardizing food production and water access for billions.

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  • Are YOU ready for the water wars?

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    • I need things to pop off before I get too old.

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      • Right, the future is gunna be crazy.

        There's gunna be wandering groups of water bandits, drowned cities, satellites randomly falling from the sky, extreme weather events that consistently push the edge of intensity.

        Mudslides will wipe out entire communities, wildfires will burn unopposed. Disease will run rampant from the dead and decaying.

        I'd be interested in seeing the nature documentaries about how nature recovered from how we destroyed the planet, but in a few thousand years, David Attenborough will probably be retired.

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      • I wanna pop off before things start popping off. Not at all interested in playing Fallout IRL.

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