Eastward Bound (IMAGE)

Columbia Climate School

Eastward Bound

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The 100th meridian west (solid line) has long been considered the divide between the relatively moist eastern United States, and the more arid West. Climate change may already have started shifting the divide eastward (dotted line).

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Modified from Seager et al. <em>Earth Interactions</em>, 2018

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