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‘Feedback Loop’ in Central East Asia Threatens Disturbing Changes to Mongolia's Climate - Gizmodo
Nov 26, 2020 1 min, 4 secs
A review of weather patterns in inner East Asia over the past 260 years suggests the region is currently caught in a dangerous cycle of heatwaves and droughts that could forever reshape the area, and possibly turn the Mongolian Plateau into an arid wasteland.

New research published today in Science is painting an alarming picture of the current climate situation in inner East Asia.

Contemporaneous heatwaves and droughts in the region are happening more often now than they did 20 years ago, but as the new study points out, the current climate situation in the region has no precedent over the past 260 years.

The kind of climate that’s being predicted, in which the region will suffer though even more heatwaves and droughts, could make the region as dry and barren as parts of the U.S.

By analyzing tree-rings sourced from the Mongolian Plateau, the researchers were able to tell when heatwaves and droughts happened in the past, and when the soil was moist.

Results showed that current temperatures in inner East Asia are unprecedented across the 260-year record.

Importantly, the climate situation in inner East Asia could influence the climate elsewhere in the Northern Hemisphere, as weather in this part of the world is connected to global atmospheric circulations, according to the press release.

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