Why does the satellite data indicate no significant change in global drought? (judithcurry.com)
But as well as cooling the planet, the sulfur particles would reduce rainfall and cause serious global drought, a new study says. (heatisonline.org)
The paper goes on to argue that the PDSI, which has been relied upon for drought characterization since the 1960s, is too simple a measure and may (the authors» word) have led to overestimation of global drought trends in previous climate - change assessments — including the IPCC's previous (2007) assessment, which found that «More intense and longer droughts have been observed over wider areas since the 1970s, particularly in the tropics and subtropics.» (climatesciencewatch.org)