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Coverage dated February 13, 2022 to February 14, 2022

West megadrought worsens to driest in at least 1,200 years

Headline from East Idaho News

IDAHO FALLS – The American West’s megadrought deepened so much last year that it is now the driest in at least 1,200 years and is a worst-case climate change scenario playing out live, a new study finds. A dramatic drying in 2021 — about as dry as 2002 and one of the driest years ever …

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  1. Waco Tribune-Herald

    Megadrought in US West worsens to driest in 1,200 years (opens Waco Tribune-Herald)

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    A study says the U.S. West's megadrought deepened so much last year it is now the driest in at least 1,200 years — a worst-case climate change scenario.

  2. East Idaho News

    West megadrought worsens to driest in at least 1,200 years (opens East Idaho News)

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    IDAHO FALLS – The American West’s megadrought deepened so much last year that it is now the driest in at least 1,200 years and is a worst-case climate change scenario playing out live, a new study finds. A dramatic drying in 2021 — about as dry as 2002 and one of the driest years ever …

  3. Casper Star-Tribune

    Photos: Megadrought in US West hits worst-case scenario (opens Casper Star-Tribune)

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    The American West's megadrought deepened so much last year that it is now the driest it has been in at least 1,200 years, a new study finds.

  4. KVIA El Paso

    The West's megadrought is worst in 1,200 years. Los Angeles is taking wastewater recycling to the extreme (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    Climate change is shrinking winters, which will have a knock-on effect for the winter sports industry and the beautiful mountains it depends on.

  5. Valdosta Daily Times

    West megadrought hits worst-case scenario, driest since 800 (opens Valdosta Daily Times)

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    The American West’s megadrought deepened so much last year that it is now the driest in at least 1200 years and is a worst-case climate change scenario playing out live,

  6. Los Angeles Times

    Intensified by climate change, Western megadrought is worst in 1,200 years, study finds (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    The West is experiencing its most severe megadrought in a millennium, according to a new study. Scientists say climate change is playing a major role.

  7. ABC 10 Sacramento

    Study: West megadrought worsens to driest in at least 1,200 years (opens ABC 10 Sacramento)

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    According to the country's drought monitor, 55% of the U.S. West is in drought with 13% experiencing the two highest drought levels.

  8. Digital Journal

    Megadrought in the American west is driest in at least 1,200 years, study finds (opens Digital Journal)

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    Human-caused climate change has made the megadrought in the U.S. West 72 percent worse, with last year's megadrought seen as "exceptional," with the

  9. Scientific American

    Western ‘Megadrought’ Is the Worst in 1,200 Years (opens Scientific American)

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    An exceptionally dry year in 2021 pushed the 22-year-long drought to the top of the record books

  10. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Study: West at its driest in 1,200 years (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    The American West's megadrought deepened so much last year that it is now the driest in at least 1,200 years and is a worst-case climate-change scenario playing out live, a new study finds.

  11. CBS News

    Study finds 42% of megadrought in West is due to human-caused climate change: "Worst-case scenario keeps getting worse" (opens CBS News)

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    The American West's megadrought deepened so much last year that it is now the driest in at least 1,200 years.

  12. Billings Gazette

    West's megadrought worsens to driest in at least 1,200 years (opens Billings Gazette)

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    The American West’s megadrought deepened so much last year that it is now the driest in at least 1,200 years and is a worst-case climate change scenario playing out live,

  13. The Guardian

    US west ‘megadrought’ is worst in at least 1,200 years, new study says (opens The Guardian)

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    Human-caused climate change significant driver of destructive conditions as even drier decades lay ahead, researchers say

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