Extreme Drought in Year 2100 Could Affect 700 Million People, Study Predicts
Jan 23, 2021 12:42 AM EST Extreme drought largely attributs to climate change and could threaten as many as 700 million people by 2100, three times more than the existing number presently. It could more than double the area of land affected by 2100. A researcher, Yadu Pokhrel of Michigan State University alongside his colleagues has developed a model on how the amount of water stored on land will change under varying degrees of climate change. (Photo : Luis Quintero) Pokhrel and his colleagues studied a measure known as terrestrial water storage. This is the volume of water stored in diff...