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Another look at increasing aridity under climate change in the West

Posted on | October 15, 2012 | 1 Comment 

Salt-Verde watershed

Salt-Verde watershed

At the risk of a “dog bits man” blog post, yet another analysis has concluded that droughts in the southwestern United States are likely to be worse, and rivers drier, as a result of rising greenhouse gases. This time, it’s the Verde in Arizona, part of the watershed that feeds the greater Phoenix area:

Results show that under all scenarios, the distribution functions of hydrologic states will shift towards lower values and droughts will progressively become more frequent, longer and more intense.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

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