Australia Is Heading Toward an Unprecedented Megadrought

Australia is facing something pretty scary—a megadrought that could be unlike anything it’s seen before. Scientists say the country’s dry spells are getting longer and more intense, with some areas already suffering from severe water shortages. This megadrought could last for decades, making it harder for farmers to grow crops and putting pressure on wildlife and the environment. Credit: East Australian Fires: By NASA Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) - https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Rivers of air: By Original: NOAA アメリカ海洋大気庁, Baba 496 - https://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/model-guida..., https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... ice core: By NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Ludovic Brucker, https://science.nasa.gov/science-rese... dark band: By Heidi Roop, National Science Foundation (NSF), https://science.nasa.gov/science-rese... Global surface temperature: By NASA/Visualizations by Lori Perkins, Mark SubbaRao, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... 21st Century Temperature: By NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center - http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/goto?4110, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Hurricanes and Aerosols Simulation: By NASA Goddard / YouTube Transition From La Niña to El Niño: By NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - NASA/GSFC/AMA/Kathleen Gaeta Greer, KBR Wyle Services, LLC/Jefferson Beck, NASA/GSFC/Greg Shirah, NASA/GSFC/Atousa Saberi, https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14646, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Supercomputing the Climate: By NASA Multimedia - https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/?medi..., https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Tree rings: By James St. John - https://flic.kr/p/21VCQ3o, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... KültepeUnterstadt1: By Klaus-Peter Simon, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Black Summer Bushfires: By MDRX, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Family home destroyed: By Raginginsanity, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Home & Machinery Shed Destroyed: By Raginginsanity, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Yanderra Bushfire: By Helitak430, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Orroral Valley Fire: By Nick-D, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Sydney Smoke Haze: By Sardaka, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Assyrie general en: By Sémhur, Zunkir, Morningstar1814, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD... Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook:   / brightside   Instagram:   / brightside.official   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.of... Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This video is made for entertainment purposes. We do not make any warranties about the completeness, safety and reliability. Any action you take upon the information in this video is strictly at your own risk, and we will not be liable for any damages or losses. It is the viewer's responsibility to use judgement, care and precaution if you plan to replicate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices