Contact: Paul Preuss
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DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Caption: If dried-out soil and hot, dry atmosphere interact to trigger abrupt climate change in the Southwest, megadroughts like those that plagued North America a millenium ago could quickly return.
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