Scientists predicting historic dry summer for much of the U.S.

Scientists are predicting historically dry conditions this summer after a big part of the country dealt with its worst fire season ever. CBS News meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Berardelli joins CBSN's Lana Zak with the details.

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[peachtea]

The sad part is no one really wants to do anything about it because everyday people have been fooled into thinking that they are not being effected but no one asks why the price of food keeps going up while the quality keeps going down

[SimplyMh]

I’m from Arizona and Summer 2020 we had literally NO MONSOON which is very worrisome because the Monsoon is what we all look forward to get relief from the heat and replenishes our water supply and also our groundwater

[jessicathompson]

The grass is starting to go brown in some parts of my area already....

[DrumToTheBassWoop]

Stop building golf courses in deserts, would be a start. 👍

[xtscarfacem]

We are only hurting ourselves, this planet doesn't need us.

[mistery-ed]

The "April showers" haven't materialized at all where I live. Not one drop this month and none forecast.

[rhp_]

Growing almonds is not 'using water responsibly'.

[ellsworth]

Let's build large cities in the Desert!

[frackit]

Oregon didn’t have much of a winter this year, gonna have some crazy fires

[miguelfernandes]

The scientist almost breaking down at the end looks freaking DIRE

[erinmcdonald]

It's not helping that water is now on the commodities market. 🤬

[therealdarklizzy]

The Great Depression 2.0 followed by the Dust Bowl: Part 2. No Roaring Twenties though.

[HawklordLI]

It was hotter this past week in Fargo N.D. than it was in Austin, TX.

[picturefish]

Mars is even drier, and there saying that humans might live there, we can't even take care of our own planet.

[mugumyapaultheafricannomad]

I could have predicted this 100yrs ago without me being a scientist 😃.

Earth always win. 😃

[sidilicious]

Only a quarter inch of rain in April so far here in northwest Oregon. We used to be considered a temperate rain forest. Edit: as of June 13th we’ve gotten a few more inches of rain, whew, we are still behind average by 8”. Hoping we make that up with weekly gentle (soaking in not running off) rains.

[frankblangeard]

Portland Oregon had above average rainfall this past winter and snowpack in the mountains is above average. Much of Oregon however is abnormally dry or in drought.

[Alex-jtlr]

We really need to start heavily investing in vertical farming

[RUTHLESSambition]

Land is going to be worth more than ANYTHING going forward. Those who own the land will own the food supply

[desertnurse]

We in Las Vegas went 240 days with no rain in 2020...