Looming megadroughts in western US would make current drought look minor

Warming temperatures and uncertain rainfall mean if more isn’t done to slow climate change, droughts lasting 35 years could blight western states, study saysThe harsh drought currently gripping California may appear trivial in the future as new research shows that the south-west US faces the looming threat of “megadroughts” that last for decades.California is in its sixth year of drought, which was barely dented by rains brought by the El Niño climate event and sparked a