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Monsoon failure key to long droughts in Southwest
2013-03-11 22:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Long-term droughts in the Southwestern North America often mean failure of both summer and winter rains, according to new tree-ring research from a University of Arizona-led team. The finding contradicts the commonly held belief that a dry winter rainy season is generally followed by a wet monsoon season, and vice versa. The new research shows that for the severe, multi-decadal droughts that occurred from 1539 to 2008, generally both winter and summer rains were sparse year after year. "One...
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