CelloMom On Cars<p>Global <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoilMoisture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoilMoisture</span></a> in ‘permanent’ decline due to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a></p><p>"The findings, published in Science, suggest the decline is primarily driven by an increasingly thirsty atmosphere as global temperatures rise, as well as shifts in rainfall patterns</p><p>The drying out of soil “increases the severity and frequency” of major droughts, with consequences for humans, ecosystems and agriculture."</p><p><a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/global-soil-moisture-in-permanent-decline-due-to-climate-change/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">carbonbrief.org/global-soil-mo</span><span class="invisible">isture-in-permanent-decline-due-to-climate-change/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HydrologicalCycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HydrologicalCycle</span></a></p>