East Asia may be permanently locked into hotter and drier climate – Earth.com

An abrupt shift in the climate over inner East Asia may lead to a tipping point that pushes Mongolia into a permanently dry and barren region. Researchers at Utah State University warn that heatwaves and concurrent droughts have increased significantly during the past two decades in a “vicious cycle,” where a lack of soil moisture produces more heatwaves.
The scientists used tree ring data to examine the past climate from before weather conditions were documented. The researchers acquired heatwave…

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