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The desertification of Europe

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"Global warming is on track to disrupt the Mediterranean region more 
than any droughts or heatwaves in the past 10,000 years, turning parts 
of southern Europe into desert by the end of the century, scientists 
said on Thursday.

Average temperatures in the region have already risen by 1.3 degrees 
Celsius (2.3 Fahrenheit) since the late 19th century, well above the 
world average of 0.85C (1.5F), according to the study led by France's 
Aix-Marseille University.

Man-made climate change “will likely alter ecosystems in the 
Mediterranean in a way that is without precedent” in the past 10,000 
years unless governments quickly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the 
researchers wrote in the journal Science.

With unchecked warming, deserts would expand in southern Spain and 
Portugal, northern parts of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia and other 
regions including Sicily, southern Turkey and parts of Syria, it showed.

And it would dramatically shift vegetation in the region, famed for 
umbrella pines, olive groves, and holm oaks. [...]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/global-warming-turning-europe-into-desert-2100-mediterranean-spain-portugal-italy-sicily-turkey-a7383931.html

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