A ‘megadrought’ will grip U.S. in the coming decades, NASA researchers say

NASA scientists studied past droughts and climate models incorporating soil moisture data to estimate future drought risk. According to NASA's study, "droughts in the U.S. Southwest and Central Plains during the last half of this century could be drier and longer than drought conditions seen in those regions in the last 1,000 years." (NASA Goddard via YouTube)
By Darryl Fears February 12 at 7:10 PM

The long and severe drought in the U.S. Southwest pales in comparison with what’s coming: a “megadrought” that will grip that region and the central Plains later this century and probably stay there for decades, a new study says.
A ‘Megadrought’ Will Grip U.S. in the Coming Decades, NASA Researchers Say by Thavam Ratna