A Look Back at the Droughts That Made Californians Take Droughts Seriously
"The loss of cattle was fearful. The plains were strewn with their carcasses."
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Lord of the Tree Rings
Benjamin Cook looks at ancient trees to forecast future droughts. His latest findings are not good news for the West.
The Dust Bowl: Lessons from the Greatest U.S. Environmental Disaster
NASA research scientist Benjamin Cook explains how the Dust Bowl years of the American Midwest were not entirely a "natural disaster" and how lessons learned then prevented a sequel.