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Thursday 22 April 2021

Why the intense U.S. drought is now a megadrought

Why the intense U.S. drought is now a megadrought

Climate 101 is a Mashable series that answers provoking and salient questions about Earth's warming climate. 


The water keeps going down.

The entire Southwest and most of the West is mired in various levels of drought as of April 21, 2021, resulting in falling water levels at the nation's two largest reservoirs, Lake Mead and Lake Powell. The consequences could be unprecedented. For the first time in Lake Mead's 85-year existence, water levels may drop below a point this summer that triggers water cuts in Arizona and Nevada. (This would largely mean cuts to farmers and agriculture.)

Geological and climate records show that sustained droughts, lasting decades, come and go in the Southwest. But the current prolonged drying trend, which started some 20 years ago, is exacerbated by a rapidly warming climate. This makes the current drought not just long, but especially intense.  Read more...

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