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Global warming not significant in 2012 drought: Feds
2013-04-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The extreme 2012 Central Great Plains drought was more intense than the Dust Bowl era droughts of the 1930s, according to a new federal assessment of the origins and predictability of the drought, released on Thursday. The team of 19 atmospheric scientists, led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), found that global warming may have played a relatively small contributing role by helping to make the drought slightly warmer, and hence drier, than it otherwise might have been....
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Global warming not a big factor in 2012 drought
2013-04-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Summit County Voice: Last summer`s crippling Great Plains drought can`t definitively be linked with global warming, according to a team of federal scientists from various agencies. In a new report issued this week, the researchers said the drought was probably caused by a confluence of natural climate variations that might only come together in a similar constellation once a century. Cyclical variations in ocean temperatures -- especially the combination of a cooler-than-average Pacific Ocean and a warm phase of the...
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Amid Drought, Water Board in New Mexico Confronts State Over Supply
2013-04-10 02:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: A small water agency in southern New Mexico has moved to force state agencies that control water distribution to deprive some users of their supplies. The local agency, the Carlsbad Irrigation District, or C.I.D., acted to ensure that its alfalfa farmers receive the supplemental deliveries to which they say they are entitled. The irrigation district voted unanimously last week to make what is known as a priority call on the Pecos River, a move that could force New Mexicos Office of the State...
UPDATE 2-Cargill profits sink as U.S. drought hits meat business
2013-04-09 22:41:02| Food - Topix.net
The worst drought in more than half a century last year devastated the corn harvest in the United States, the world's top grain producer, and catapulted prices for grain fed to livestock.
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A Long Drought Tests Texas Cattle Ranchers Patience and Creativity
2013-04-05 19:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Gary Price is a rarity among cattle ranchers these days. Hes making money on his herd of 200 cows in this tiny town about an hour south of Dallas-Fort Worth. The market is very good, and weve been able to keep what weve needed to buy, feed and such, to a minimum, Mr. Price said, as he strolled in a pasture on his 77 Ranch, which is planted in native grasses, stands of mesquite and a fair number of what most people would call weeds. Thats benefited us during this drought that has pushed prices...
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