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Is the U.S. Southwest headed for a ‘megadrought’?

November 7, 2014/

August 27, 2014

The chance that the southwestern United States will experience a decade-long drought sometime in the next century is at least 50 percent, researchers say.

Further, there is a 20 to 50 percent chance of a "megadrought"–one that could last up to 35 years.

Posted by Blaine Friedlander-Cornell

Full Story: http://www.futurity.org/american-southwest-megadrought-754652/?utm_source=Futurity+Today&utm_campaign=12881b7ea9-November_8_201411_8_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e34e8ee443-12881b7ea9-203916893

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