Risk of 'Megadrought' in Southwest US

A 'megadrought' will hit the Southwest US and much of America's breadbasket, the Great Plains, late in this century, revealed a research by Cornell University and NASA. Researcher Toby Ault said, "The results were striking and as a society, people have weighted the dice toward megadrought because data clearly point to a high risk in the Southwest and Great Plains, as they continue to add carbon dioxide into atmosphere. However, if people manage to get serious about ...