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Yale Environment 360: A multi-year drought from 2000 to 2004 that lowered crop productivity and reduced water levels across western North America may become “the new normal” over the next century as the climate warms, a new study says. In an analysis of climate models and precipitation projections, a team of scientists predicts that 80 of the 95 years between 2006 and 2100 will have precipitation levels as low, or lower, than levels experienced during the recent historic drought. That drought -- which, based on tree ring......
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Historic Drought Conditions of Recent Years May Be the ‘New Normal,’ Study Says
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on July 30th, 2012
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