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Podcast: Climate Conversations
Episode: Observation: Zora Teirstein from Grist magazine says the American West is descending into the most significant drought in 1,200 years
Description: The Western U.S. is experiencing a period of dryness so extreme that some experts say it no longer qualifies as just a drought. Rather, it might be described as a more transformative trend of “aridification” — the most significant drought to descend on the American West in 1,200 years, according to Zore Teirstein (pictured) from Grist magazine.
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