[Osx-nutters] The century of drought

[Kevin Callahan]

<http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article1786829.ece>
The century of drought

One third of the planet will be desert by the year 2100, say climate  
experts in the most dire warning yet of the effects of global warming

Drought threatening the lives of millions will spread across half the  
land surface of the Earth in the coming century because of global  
warming, according to new predictions from Britain's leading climate  
scientists.

Extreme drought, in which agriculture is in effect impossible, will  
affect about a third of the planet, according to the study from the  
Met Office's Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research.