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While the Atacama Desert of Chile and the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica are arguably the two of the driest places on earth, there are many other places with similar climates.

The 10 Driest Places on Earth

• Iquique, Chile.
• Wadi Halfa, Sudan.
• Ica, Peru.
• Luxor, Egypt.
• Aswan, Egypt.
• Al-Kufrah, Libya.
• Arica, Chile. Coastal road towards the beaches of Arica, Chile. (
• Dry Valleys, Antarctica. (Image credit: NASA)

The driest place on Earth is in Antarctica in an area called the Dry Valleys, which have seen no rain for nearly 2 million years. There is absolutely no precipitation in this region and it makes up a 4800 square kilometer region of almost no water, ice or snow.

For years, two villages have claimed the title as the wettest place on earth. Mawsynram and Cherrapunji are just 10 miles apart, but Mawsynram beats its competitor by a mere 4 inches of rainfall. Although it doesn’t rain all day in Meghalaya, it does rain every day, Chapple told weather.com.

But the driest non-polar spot on Earth is even more remarkable. There are places in Chile’s Atacama Desert where rain has never been recorded—and yet, there are hundreds of species of vascular plants growing there.

10 Countries With A Perfect Climate And Low Cost Of Living

• Mexico. Like any country, some parts of Mexico are nicer and safer than others.
• Panama. Just a bit further south is Panama.
• Ecuador. Situated on the equator, Ecuador is a top pick if you really desire warm weather.
• Colombia.
• Costa Rica.
• Malaysia.
• Spain.
• Nicaragua.

California’s dry summers and wet winters are products of predictable atmospheric patterns. In the summer, high pressure along the West Coast promotes onshore breezes and keeps rain away.

Farmers’ Almanac™ Releases 2020-2021 National Winter Outlook – Rainy with Normal Temps for Northern California and Mild and Dry for Southern California. divide” because of its unusual outlook.

“Precipitation in Northern California will not likely decrease to Southern California levels. California as a whole is projected to be drier and hotter in the decades to come. The U.S. government projects the Sonoran, Mojave, and Great Basin deserts to expand as climate change continues to take hold.

A huge swath of land from California through the Southwest is currently in the worst category of drought, D4-Exceptional drought. Drought conditions across the contiguous United States as of May 25, 2021. And with not much precipitation expected over the next month, that drought will likely continue.

Snow drought in California can then lead to “hydrological drought,” when water levels fall in rivers, lakes, and streams. In June 2021, California’s reservoir water levels were about 40% below the historical average, and the snowpack was completely gone more than a month earlier than normal.

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The beginning of the longest drought on record in the state of Alaska was July 17, 2018; the end did not come until Jan. 14, 2020.

As of August 25, 2020, every state from the Great Plains to the West Coast has some drought. In this area, OR, CA, NV, UT, WY, CO, AZ, NM, OK, and TX all have parts in Extreme (D3) or Exceptional Drought (D4). Outside of the West, much of the Northeast is in drought. Drought has also developed recently in western PA.

Roughly 2.5 billion people – 30 percent of the world’s population – live in the dry areas, which cover more than 40 percent of the world’s land surface.

California’s new drought is worsening. After two severely dry winters, reservoirs are shrinking, fire danger is rising and water supplies are looking more tenuous. The past two years have been the driest in nearly half a century, since 1976-77.

The 7 States That Are Running Out Of Water The drought in California is something we’ve spoken about in previous articles, but it’s important to understand that California is only one of a handful of states running out of water. These states include: Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, Kansas, New Mexico and Nevada as well.

Read on to find the 10 cities that have the cleanest tap water.

1. 1 Louisville Knows It Is All About The Filters.
2. 2 Oklahoma City ‘s Water Comes From Man-Made Lakes.
3. 3 Silverdale, Washington Knows How To Do Water.
4. 4 Greenville Is A Great Place In South Carolina.
5. 5 Fort Collins Has The Mountain Water.

By 2050 the U.S. could be as much as 5.7°F warmer, and extreme weather events, such as heatwaves and drought, could be more intense and occur more frequently. 120 million Americans rely on these ancient subterranean lakes for drinking water, but they’re becoming depleted.

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Like trees, plants feed us and give us the oxygen we breathe—and if they were to run out, humans and animals would starve and suffocate. According to New Scientist, oxygen would remain in the atmosphere for quite a while, but we would run out of food long before we’d run out of air.

It is predicted that we will run out of fossil fuels in this century. Oil can last up to 50 years, natural gas up to 53 years, and coal up to 114 years. Yet, renewable energy is not popular enough, so emptying our reserves can speed up.

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All plant and animal life on Earth need oxygen to survive. According to a new study, a billion years from now, Earth’s oxygen will become depleted in a span of about 10,000 years, bringing about worldwide extinction for all except microbes.

Any building made of concrete would crumble as oxygen helps to bind all concrete structures. Water is one third oxygen, without it the Hydrogen becomes a free gas and expands, thereby destroying all living cells and evaporating the oceans. The earth below us would disappear and we would free fall.

A pair of researchers from Toho University and NASA Nexus for Exoplanet System Science has found evidence, via simulation, that Earth will lose its oxygen-rich atmosphere in approximately 1 billion years. Then, as carbon dioxide levels fall, plant life will begin to suffer, resulting in reduced production of oxygen.