aridity

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The desert's extreme aridity makes it one of the clearest places on Earth to view the night sky and is famous for being home to the largest radio telescope in the world.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025

That such rapid and substantial overuse of groundwater is also causing coastal flooding underscores the compounding threat of rising temperatures and aridity.

From Salon • Jul. 28, 2025

The climate pattern could plunge California back into aridity in the months ahead.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2024

"With aridity expected to increase in southern-most Africa under most climate change scenarios, the need for further research is clear."

From Science Daily • Dec. 18, 2023

From the upper plains, the heat and aridity radiated across the country.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown