New research examining over 20 years of data captured by NASA's twin climate satellites, GRACE and GRACE-FO, has revealed an "unprecedented" level of water loss among the planet's continents, creating "mega-drying" regions across the northern hemisphere.

One of these mega regions spans Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and vast swaths of Asia. That should clue you in to the staggering scale of this phenomenon, which the scientists are calling terrestrial water storage (TWS) loss. Since 2002, the area of land experiencing water loss has been increasing by twice the size of California every year, according to the study, published in the journal Science Advances.

It's a grim discovery that will only exacerbate human civilization's woes as our rampant carbon emissions rush us towards a

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