An article in the Washington Post today describes the likely effects of global warming on precipitation patterns around the globe. It quotes (on the second page) Richard Seager of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory saying that Dust Bowl-like droughts in the first half of this century will create "climate refugees." That phrase still gives me the willies.
The graphic that appears with the story indicates that Europe and Mexico are going to get particularly walloped by the drying--and what little rain does fall will fall more intensely; the article also quotes Stanford's Stephen Schneider referring to "more gully washers."
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