The surface energy balance must be considered, and it generally implies
weaker increases in evaporation than considerations of the Clausius - Clapeyron relation alone would suggest (see, e.g., Boer, Clim.
Global warming is desiccating the region
in two ways: higher temperatures that
increase evaporation in already parched soils, and
weaker winds that bring less rain from the Mediterranean Sea during the wet season (November to April).