/technologies/industrial-automation-space/b/blog/posts/drought-in-western-u-s-worsened-from-climate-changeThe climate needs our help. Even if it’s just one step! The Sustain the World Design Challenge is a great chance to some steps towards a better planet. Drought around the world, especially western regions of the United States, has become a big ...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/industrial-automation-space/b/blog/posts/drought-in-western-u-s-worsened-from-climate-changeThu, 14 May 2020 18:58:03 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:21d18628-aa2b-4ccf-af8e-c97e6f321c44DAB0<p>This is one issue where global warming will actually help once it advances in a few thousand years.</p><p>The west suffers from two issues, cold water off the Pacific coast, and high altitudes due to the mountains.</p><p>Normal moisture flow is inhibited by both events.</p><p>With global warming, the atmospheric water content will increase significantly.</p><p>With more moisture, the water available both along the coast and inland will be greatly increased. The downside is that the orographic rainfall as the air moves up into the mountains will cause much heavier rainfall in the lower areas. That means that a lot of desert areas will once again become lakes and many dry river beds will become full as the water runs down from the mountains.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So if you think California has flooding issues now, just wait until they get ten times the amount of water they currently see.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=9335&AppID=141&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">