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US west ‘megadrought’ is worst in at least 1,200 years, new study says

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Guardian (International Edition)

Publication Date
2022-02-15

The American west has spent the last two decades in what scientists are now saying is the most extreme megadrought in at least 1,200 years. In a new study, published on Monday, researchers also noted that human-caused climate change is a significant driver of the destructive conditions and offered a grim prognosis: even drier decades lie ahead.

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/15/us-west-megadrought-worst-1200-years-study