Wetter where wet; drier where dry

[David B Benson]

Here is a uniquely different measure of 'wetter where wet; drier where dry':
www.livescience.com/19930-water-cycle-global-warming-ocean-salt.html

I have no clear idea what this might do to ocean biological productivity but the implications for 'wetter where wet; drier where dry' on land have important implications for agricultural production.

[davidm]

Curious that they didn't make the obvious extrapolation for land. Flooding intensity increases in certain regions and dry areas become dryer and the drought areas increase.

[David B. Benson]

davidm --- There are several other papers which consider precipitation changes on land.

[David B. Benson]

Texas agricultural agency: Climate change threatening state’s food supply
Jayme Lozano
2023 Jan 04
AlterNet
www.alternet.org/texas-agriculture-agency-climate-change/

Finally even Texas begins to notice the difficulties for agriculture.

[David B. Benson]

20 years of GRACE data supports increase in both droughts and floods.

cleantechnica.com/2023/03/14/drought-study-finds-climate-change-responsible-irrefutable-research/

www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/03/14/climate/extreme-weather-climate-change.html

Just worser and worser.