Much Of US South Experiencing Extreme Drought – Let The Water Wars Begin

Lake Travis (Austin, Texas), July 2009. Image credit: University of Nebraska at Lincoln , National Drought Center; Photo courtesy of Bridget Cameron, Texas Water Development Board. Large swaths of US southern states are experiencing severe drought impacts, concentrated in the Lower Mississippi River watershed, and extending east through parts of Florida. Portions of Texas, as pictured, also continue to be adversely impacted. Production of tobacco, peanuts, soy, and wheat have fallen in roughly a dozen states; and, cattle producers a… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Much Of US South Experiencing Extreme Drought – Let The Water Wars Begin

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