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US should prepare for 'unprecedented drought conditions' unlike anything past 1,000 years
2015-02-14 05:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Since the turn of this century, the US south-west has spent more than a decade in drought. Last year was the warmest on record in California, which is in the middle of its driest spell for more than 400 years. But according to a new scientific study, that's nothing compared to what comes next. In the paper, published by the journal Science Advances, researchers from Nasa and Columbia and Cornell universities warn that a vast swathe of the US, including the south-west states and the central plains,...
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