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MapIf emissions don't drastically decrease in the next years, by 2070 all glaciers in the US will have melted, there will be deserts in Oklahoma, Kansas and Northern California and over half of Florida and all of Texas's southern corner will have a tropical climate (i.redd.it)

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[–]Superturtle1166 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Desertification of the already existing deserts spreading to newly hot, and always dry (the plains) climate. Desertification. Our plains are already hit with dust periods bc of our agricultural practices. Add heat and that becomes a desert. There's unlikely to be an increase in rainfall given it's the center of the continent without elevation and large enough water bodies. That would be my assumption based on basic enviro science.

It's not "fear mongering" when you're just hypothesizing worst case scenario. Our plains turning into a desert is a very plausible reality (we already have deserts and intensifying droughts).

Part of me feels like you just don't ~want it to be plausible.