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Unprecedented 21st century drought risk in the American Southwest and Central Plains
Description: Researchers use an empirical drought reconstruction and three soil moisture metrics from 17 state-of-the-art general circulation models to show that these models project significantly drier conditions in the later half of the 21st century compared to the 20th century and earlier paleoclimatic intervals on the Southwest and Central Plains of Western North America, [Source: Science Advances]
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1400082
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Source: Science Advances
Publish Date: 2/1/2015
Reading Level: Expert
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