The world is drying up.

[hobie]

This is peculiar, not sure what the cause is..

"New research shows that although the world is seeing more rain overall, it's also getting drier at the same time.

How can that be? In simple terms, the world's rainfall is increasingly packed into bigger storms with longer dry spells in between. And a lot of rain all at once causes problems for overwhelmed soil.

The findings say the study is the first to demonstrate that a year's worth of rainfall packed into bigger and wetter storms means less water for aquifers and ecosystems, even if total precipitation increases. Because soil can absorb only so much water at once, what is not soaked up collects on the surface where it's more readily evaporated.

Study lead author Corey Lesk, who led the study while a fellow at Dartmouth College, explained it in an email to USA TODAY: "Regardless of how much precipitation falls, when rain and snow come in stronger bursts separated by longer dry spells, less water tends to remain on the land (in soils, lakes, and groundwater) for use by people and nature." More concentrated precipitation decreases terrestrial water storage | Nature

[phkrause]

Global warming!! The earth has been getting warmer every year for the past  50+ years. Each of the past 10 years the earth has gotten hotter than the year before!! The summers have gotten longer each year also the past 10, 15, 20 years. And Fall and Spring have been almost non-existent!

[Joe Knapp]

On 5/15/2026 at 5:55 AM, phkrause said:

The summers have gotten longer each year also the past 10, 15, 20 years

My friends in Michigan would disagree. 

[Joe Knapp]

On 5/15/2026 at 1:12 AM, hobie said:

How can that be? In simple terms, the world's rainfall is increasingly packed into bigger storms with longer dry spells in between. And a lot of rain all at once causes problems for overwhelmed soil.

Maybe in some areas, but the fact is weather patterns are shifting.  Adapt 2030 YT documents it.