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"New Mexico Is the Driest of the Dry" [1]

"As an extended drought bakes the West, nowhere are ravages of changes in the climate worse than in New Mexico."



"Scientists in the West have a particular way of walking a landscape and divining its secrets: They kick a toe into loamy soil or drag a boot heel across the desert's crust, leaning down to squint at the tiny excavation.

Try that maneuver in New Mexico these days and it yields nothing but bad news in a puff of dust.

Across the West, changes in the climate are taking a toll. Almost 87% of the region is in a drought."

Julie Cart reports for the Los Angeles Times August 6, 2013, with photography and video by Michael Robinson Chavez. [2]

SEE ALSO:

"Wells Are Running Dry In Parts Of Kansas" (NPR/KCUR) [3]

"Seven Ways the Drought in the West Really Sucks" (Grist) [4]

US Drought Monitor [5]

Agriculture [6]
Climate Change [7]
Disasters [8]
Forests [9]
Water & Oceans [10]
National (U.S.) [11]
Public [12]
Source: LA Times [2], 08/07/2013
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/new-mexico-driest-dry [2] http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-me-parched-20130806-dto,0,5922502.htmlstory [3] http://www.npr.org/2013/08/06/205546627/in-kansas-water-is-more-precious-than-gold [4] http://grist.org/news/seven-ways-the-drought-in-the-west-really-sucks/ [5] http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/ [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests [10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [11] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [12] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81