If Aridification Choked the Southwest for Thousands of Years, What Does The Future Hold?

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The risk of drought in the American Southwest is growing, recent research from the University of Nevada suggests, prompting researchers to call for more planning to safeguard water needs for the 56 million people that live around Nevada’s Great Basin region. The study looked at layers in rock pillars called stalagmites and found that a past drought in the region lasted 4,000 years.

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