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- noun Plural form of
megadrought .
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Reuters Climate change could worsen African "megadroughts" - 5 hrs ago
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The researchers found a pattern of decades-long droughts like the one that began in the Sahel in the 1960s, as well as as centuries-long "megadroughts" throughout this period, with the most recent lasting from 1400 to 1750.
GlobalResearch.ca 2009
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Analysis of sediments in a Ghanaian lake shows the last of these "megadroughts" ended 250 years ago.
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In particular, researchers will be looking to see how well a new generation of models reproduce past events, such as megadroughts that have hit the US Southwest, or the so-called
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The researchers found a pattern of decades-long droughts like the one that began in the Sahel in the 1960s that killed at least 100,000 people, as well as centuries-long "megadroughts" throughout this long period, with the most recent lasting from 1400 to 1750.
WordPress.com News 2009
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But the historical "megadroughts" were longer-lasting and even more devoid of precipitation, the researchers found.
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Paper Title: Extended megadroughts in the southwestern United States during Pleistocene interglacials
David Kroodsma: Weekly Climate Science Roundup David Kroodsma 2011
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Headlines warn of intense hurricanes and a deluging ocean, the Gulf Stream's shutting down, megadroughts and famine, ending in the extinction of the human race, or its confinement to Antarctica.
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~ Newfound ancient African megadroughts may have driven the evolution of humans and fishes -- "From 135,000 to 90,000 years ago tropical Africa had megadroughts more extreme and widespread than any previously known for that region, according to new research."
Speedlinking 10/8/07 William Harryman 2007
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Very interesting about the MWP megadroughts, the divergence problem, and the greening vs. browning forest.
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