Let's Talk Drought

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By Keith Kloor
Oct 20, 2010 5:13 PMNov 20, 2019 2:05 AM

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Drought, like global warming, is a slow motion event that humans can't get seem to get ahead of. Or properly grasp. For a good historical case study examining how the Maya, the Vikings, and the U.S. (in the lead-up to the Dust Bowl) each responded to drought, see this paper by Ben Orlove, who observes:

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