July 22, 2012 | 8:27 AM | By

Quick Link: “How droughts will reshape the United States”

Including some useful perspective on recent comparisons to the 1930s Dust Bowl.

More than half of the continental United States is currently suffering through the worst drought in 50 years, with heat and a lack of rain rippling through the middle of the country. Crops are wilting, soils are cracked, and some dried-out forests are catching fire. U.S. corn production in particular is dwindling.

Read more at: www.washingtonpost.com

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  • http://cagreening.blogspot.com/ Wes

    If only it could reshape American Politics…but it won’t.   We will still continue to have an election about more growth, more jobs, etc. and pump all of the conditions that are driving climate change in the first place.