Scientists say warming temperatures are likely to result in higher sea levels, more acidic oceans, and more intense storms and droughts, with consequences that are expected to fall disproportionately on the world's poor.
France is suffering a similar drought, with similar consequences.
A long period of drought and its consequences may have been one of the factors behind the war in Syria.
For people in the Southwest, living through a severe drought and its consequences right now, that cannot be good news.
It is an impressive lineup that aims not only to reduce carbon emissions but to strengthen the nation's defenses against rising seas, more intense storms, drought and other consequences of global warming.
Elevated CO2 and drought are key consequences of climate change and affect soil processes and plant growth.
People have been slow to accept responsibility for climate change and the reality of its consequences: droughts, floods, melting poles, rising seas.
This increase means that almost every aspect of the Earth's climate system is now influenced by humanity, and the consequences – droughts, heatwaves, megafires, melting glaciers and rising oceans – are now well understood.
Water and N use are interrelated, and it is often unclear to what extent growth reduction under drought is a consequence of reduced stomatal conductance and CO2 uptake, or reduced N uptake and accumulation in dry soils (Chaves et al., 2003).
