is a process that is driven by chemiosmosis

Oxidative phosphorylation

Explanation:

Oxidative phosphorylation is a process which occurs in mitochondrial of cell and in this process the energy is produced in form of ATP. It is driven by chemiosmosis where the electrons are transferred from NADH or FADH₂ to the final acceptor, the molecular oxygen through a series of electron carriers. Oxidative phosphorylation is the principal source of energy production in the aerobic respiration. The whole process is related with the inner membrane of mitochondria.

The drought would become even worse.

Explanation:

A lack of precipitation along the coast of a city in the midst of a drought would make the drought worsen because there would be no water to help stop it. Evaporation leads to the formation of rain clouds that would result in rain. With no evaporation within a drought stricken region, there would then be no rainfall and thus, the drought would continue to get worse.