By 2050, climate change may force millions in Africa and the Middle Ea

According to new climate projections, rapidly-increasing temperatures and “decades-long megadroughts” could make large parts of Africa and the Middle East uninhabitable for humans.

[Images: courtesy of J. Lelieveld, Y. Proestos, P. Hadjinicolaou, M. Tanarhte, E. Tyrlis, G. Zittis, Climatic Change]

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