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Oklahoma's Water by 2060 plan calls for Oklahoma to use "no more fresh water in 2060 than was used in 2012." [13] "Changing the climate is likely to increase the demand for water but make it less available. As rising temperatures increase evaporation and water use by plants, soils are likely to become even drier.
Percent Area in U.S. Drought Monitor Categories since year 2000. A farmer and his two sons during a dust storm in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, 1936. Photo: Arthur Rothstein. The United States' contiguous western and especially southwestern region has experienced widespread drought since about year 2000.
This category has only the following subcategory. D. Dust Bowl (1 C, 16 P) ... 2010–2013 Southern United States and Mexico drought; 2011–2017 California drought;
Stats on the now record-setting Fall 2024 drought 48 states have some drought, most in #DroughtMonitor history. 87.2% of the Lower 48 and 73.2% of the US are Abnormally Dry (D0) or in drought ...
This visualization shows how the drought developed in the U.S. in 2010, 2011, and 2012. Dried up lake in Oklahoma as a result of the droughts. The 2010–2013 Southern United States and Mexico drought was a severe to extreme drought that plagued the Southern United States, including parts of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, and ...
Droughts are caused by periods of drier-than-normal conditions, when little or no rain falls. Atmospheric conditions such as climate change and ocean temperatures factor into droughts.. The Los ...
As far as records set for drought or dryness, for the overall drought and abnormally dry conditions, "in October we had 87.16% of the country as abnormally dry or worse, which was a new record ...
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