Thank you global warming? See how the drought has eased over the past year in these 2 charts

Since it’s totally settled science and 97% of scientists around the world totally agree that global warming is happening and it’s totally caused by humans doing such mundane everyday tasks such as breathing, let’s take a look at what’s happened to the United States over this past, hottest year on record, shall we?

Drought conditions in 2016:

ICYMI April 26 #DroughtMonitor: moderate to exceptional drought covers 15.4% of contig U.S. https://t.co/hs7rCpQMsY pic.twitter.com/sdH0YjKCAz

— NOAA NCEI Climate (@NOAANCEIclimate) April 29, 2016

Now compare that to drought conditions as of today:

#DroughtMonitor 4/25: Moderate or worse #drought affects ~6% of contig USA, ~41M people. More at https://t.co/YBE9JQoznR pic.twitter.com/3zP5Hvdg5J

— NOAA (@NOAA) April 27, 2017

Thank you global warming?

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