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Warpy

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2. Desertification is the problem and we're watching it in real time in the US
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 05:26 PM
Sunday

as much of the southwest is running out of water, from the drying Ogalallla Aquifer below southern Kansas (for now) to the problems caused by overdevelopment and poor agricultural practices in AZ and drought in CA. Much of this area will be largely uninhabitable in a couple of centuries....or sooner.

Iran is preparing to abandon its capital city because the rains failed and its reservoirs are dry*. There are 10 million or so people in Tehran and the magical thinking of the religious leaders seems to have delayed planning until it is almost too late.


*Yes, there are satellite pictures, only small puddles of water remaining, surrounded by sand in huge, empty reservoirs. This is bad.

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