Severity, length of past megadroughts dwarf recent drought in West Africa
Friday, April 17, 2009 - 09:00
in Earth & Climate
Droughts far worse than the infamous Sahel drought of the 1970s and 1980s are within normal climate variation for sub-Saharan West Africa, according to new research...
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