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The Grand Canyon State may not, however, seem like the most obvious place for a chip foundry or fab since the high-tech manufacturing plants guzzle millions of gallons of water every day. At present, in the face of climate change, Arizona is facing a deepening water crisis and some of the state s all-important aquifers have an uncertain future. Arizona received just 13.6 inches of rainfall on average per year between 1970 and 2000, according to the NOAA National Climatic Data Center, making it the fourth driest state nationwide. Conversely, Hawaii and Louisiana recorded the highest levels of average yearly precipitation in the U.S. over the same time frame, reporting 63.7 inches and 60.1 inches, respectively. ....
That 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial level is the lower target of the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement. The climate accord is widely recognized as critically important to avoid an irreversible climate crisis. In 2020 one of the three hottest years on record the global average temperature was 1.2 °C above the pre-industrial baseline, the WMO reported in April. The Paris Agreement aims to keep the rise in global temperature significantly below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels this century. There is a 90% likelihood of at least one year between 2021-2025 becoming the warmest on record, the WMO said in its press release. ....