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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Study shows lasting effects of drought in rainy eastern US
Boston MA (SPX) Apr 22, 2014 - This spring, more than 40 percent of the western U.S. is in a drought that the USDA deems "severe" or "exceptional." The same was true in 2013. In 2012, drought even spread to the humid east. It's easy to assume that a 3-year drought is an inconsequential blip on the radar for ecosystems that develop over centuries to millennia. But new research just released in Ecological Monographs shows ... more

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