Bodies of water all over North America are drying up due to drought, climate change: Experts

Abcnews ^ | 10/19/2022 | Julia Jacobo

[ChicagoConservative27]

Bodies of water all over North America are drying up as a result of drought and a decrease in precipitation, experts told ABC News.

Earlier this year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted that the 22-year megadrought affecting the West would not only intensify but also move eastward.

That prediction appears to be coming into fruition, with about 82% of the continental U.S. currently showing conditions between abnormally dry and exceptional drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.+ And while the U.S. and North America continue to witness water levels dropping in crucial rivers, lakes and reservoirs, a mixture of climate change and poor water management policies are causing similar events all over the world, experts told ABC News.

"Rivers all over the world are running really low," especially the Tigress and Euphrates Rivers in Iraq, as well as significant bodies of water in countries like Italy, Romania, France and China, Jonathan Deason, professor of the Environmental and Energy Management Program at George Washington University

[baclava]

I’m just happy if this “drought” will dry up my FL swamp backyard, lol

[joma89]

And by ‘all over’ they mean two or three bodies of water near death valley.

[brookwood]

But rain is increasing because climate change
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/10/11/rain-increasing-climate-change-us/

[Hot Tabasco]

A couple years ago, the Lake St. Clair in S.E. Michigan water level was so high, marina docks were under water, roads along the shore line were flooded........It wasn’t the first time tho.

[nicollo]

any new windmills up in your area? the libs in the township legalized feral cats?