Tag: megadrought
U.S. could be headed for far-reaching megadrought
February 23, 2015A Washington Post story reports that the drought that’s been gripping the southwest is relatively minor compared with what could be coming down the pike. According to the article, a study by researchers from NASA, Cornell and Columbia universities states that “there is an 80 percent chance” that an extended drought called a megadrought “will strike…