claim: ‘The dry periods are drier and the wet periods are wetter,’ said Jeffrey Mount, a water expert and senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California.
evidences.evidence_id: Effects of global warming:70
evidences.article: Effects of global warming
evidences.evidence: In other words, regions which are dry at present will in general become even drier, while regions that are currently wet will in general become even wetter.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Kalahari Desert:47
evidences.article: Kalahari Desert
evidences.evidence: In certain areas where the climate is drier, it becomes a true semi-desert with ground not entirely covered by vegetation: "open" as opposed to "closed" vegetation.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Physical impacts of climate change:23
evidences.article: Physical impacts of climate change
evidences.evidence: In other words, regions which are dry at present will generally become even drier, while regions that are currently wet will generally become even wetter.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Water cycle:319
evidences.article: Water cycle
evidences.evidence: Will the wet get wetter and the dry drier?
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Wetland:36
evidences.article: Wetland
evidences.evidence: Wetlands can be dry during the dry season and abnormally dry periods during the wet season, but under normal environmental conditions the soils in a wetland will be saturated to the surface or inundated such that the soils become anaerobic, and those conditions will persist through the wet portion of the growing season.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO REFUTES