Three-Quarters of Earth’s Land Got Drier in Recent Decades, U.N. Says
Human-caused global warming helped increase dry conditions on every continent, scientists said in a new report, as talks on halting desertification were underway in Saudi Arabia.
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Democrats think in election cycles — Republicans think in decades
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Almost all of earth became permanently drier since 1990: Report
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NBA says officials got no-call on Braun correct
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