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What Makes You The Person You Are & Understanding Extreme Weather

Something You Should Know

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Climate Change and Drought

Every degree fahrenheit the atmosphere warms, the air can hold about four % more water. Over the west, the pacific's really cool. You don't get as much water vapor in the air. So for that reason, when you have the warmer temperatures, you just suck the water out of the ground. That reinforces drought. And so drought really becomes entrenched in the west thanks to climate change. But it does seem, i mean, i liven in southern california. The top two categories, severe and exceptional drought occupy more than a third of the land.

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