In total, I suspect that you're right. But it doesn't help us much if the rain falls into the ocean. What we've been seeing in the pacific northwest is long d

In total, I suspect that you're right. But it doesn't help us much if the rain falls into the ocean. What we've been seeing in the pacific northwest is long dry spells with short torrential rains, both of which are devastating to crops, but it does tend to balance out to about the same amount of annual rainfall. My very weak understanding is that the more extreme weather tends to kill plants, which contributes to desertification. Hot ground makes for high pressure zones, which prevents moisture-laden air from ever getting there. So, yeah, I'm not a climate scientist and the above is mostly guesswork, but I think you really can have a global drought.