Mother Jones
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This story first appeared on the Atlantic Cities website and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
Long-lasting drought has been the force behind several of this year’s American calamities. Hot temperatures and scarce rainfall set the stage for the explosive development of California’s Rim Fire, turned Utah into one big disaster zone, and prolonged the worst drought in Colorado since the 1950s.
These western areas should brace themselves for even more onslaughts of ugly parching, according to a new study that suggests a warmer climate will bake them (as well as many other places) like a Spicy Wing Zing under a 7-Eleven heat lamp.
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