The persistent loss of water from land to oceans has dried out huge ... “On a longer timescale, over millions of years…Earth could become as dry as Mars,” he added. “Earth could become ...

Land water is vanishing faster. Earth's surface struggles to recover, risking food, water, and climate stability.

As Earth continues to warm, more and more of the planet is becoming dry. A 2024 UN report found that in the last three decades, over three-fourths of all the world's land became drier than it had ...