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Pacific Ocean changes may 'lock in' US megadrought for decades

A major cycle of Pacific Ocean temperatures is shifting due to climate change, and that could drive decades of megadrought in the western US

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We are undergoing unprecedented loss of freshwater across the planet

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Severe droughts are getting bigger, hotter, drier and longer

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Severe droughts are getting bigger, hotter, drier and longer

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La Niña is finally here but it won't stay for long

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Something strange is happening in the Pacific and we must find out why

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Something strange is happening in the Pacific and we must find out why

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US states agree to use less from Colorado river to avoid water crisis

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Glass Mountains, situated in the north tip of the Chihuahuan Desert, as seen from Alpine, Texas. - Image ID: R97NY1 (RF)

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US desert grassland collapse is linked to changes in the Pacific Ocean

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US reservoirs are evaporating more quickly because of climate change

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An emaciated cow stands at the bottom of the water pan that has been dried up for 4 months in Iresteno, a bordering town with Ethiopia, on September 1, 2022. - The devastating Horn of Africa drought is set to get even worse with a fifth consecutive failed rainy season, the UN's weather agency forecasted, fearing an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are already going through their worst drought for 40 years and another poor rainy season is now highly likely, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Horn of Africa drought is set to become the region’s worst on record

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Residents work to extinguish a wildfire in Chile

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Wildfires burning in Chile are among the deadliest in country's record

Fires in central and southern Chile, exacerbated by extreme temperatures and megadrought, have led to at least 26 deaths and burned more than 2700 square kilometres

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US megadrought has led to more air pollution from power plants

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California storms didn't solve the state's drought and water crisis

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Everything you need to know about the US megadrought

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Why the Colorado river is drying up – and what we can do about it

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