This is taken from a study by Dai published in 2011, where he took into consideration all the potential effects of climate change and expressed them -- amongst other things -- increased aridity due to lack of rain or infrequent rain.
这是戴在2011年 发表的研究报告， 里面他考虑了 气候变化带来的所有可能的影响 然后把它们展现出来 其中就有 由降水缺乏或频率低 所导致的干旱区域增加。