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How can warming intensify Georgia drought effects without an equal rainfall decline?

It always freezes groundwater reserves
It removes the need for irrigation
It prevents soil moisture from changing
It can increase evaporative demand

It always freezes groundwater reserves
It removes the need for irrigation
It prevents soil moisture from changing
It can increase evaporative demand

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Higher temperatures can intensify drought effects by increasing evaporative demand even without a proportional rainfall decline.

Warmer conditions can increase the atmosphere's demand for moisture and speed water loss. Drought effects therefore depend on more than rainfall alone, including how water is stored, used, and lost.

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