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

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

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