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Climate models reveal how human activity may be locking the Southwest into permanent drought

  • Written by Pedro DiNezio, Associate Professor of Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
Climate models reveal how human activity may be locking the Southwest into permanent droughtA worker moves irrigation tubes on a farm in Pinal County, Ariz. A two-decade drought has made water supplies harder to secure. Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

A new wave of climate research is sounding a stark warning: Human activity may be driving drought more intensely – and more directly – than previously understood.

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