NEW STUDY CLAIMS THAT IRRIGATION IS KEEPING THE TROPICS FROM WARMING

This piece explains the findings. Large-scale irrigation can help alleviate and even reverse hot extremes driven by human activity and other drivers of global warming, a new international study has found. We know that water cools the surroundings as it evaporates and so this seems fairly obvious, in which case this is a simple mitigation strategy, if or when it is needed to combat extreme heat.