megadroughts
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The US’s West Coast Is Facing Its Worst Megadrought In At Least 1,200 Years
Nearly 1,000 years ago, a megadrought ravaged the southwestern U.S., swiftly wiping out a thriving indigenous culture and rendering once-arid land unusable. Scientists have long warned that the climate crisis may trigger another megadrought. And according to a new study, that megadrought isn’t just on its way”it’s likely already under way, and it could be…