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More than half of US faces worst drought in decades, says expert (phys.org)

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[–] mittoken@feddit.dk 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

Εxpert’s wrong! They have no climate change in the U.S.!

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[–] Krusty@quokk.au 2 points 5 months ago

Similar projections exist for all major continents.

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