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Julia Poska | August 30, 2018 The divide between America's dry west and humid east appears to have shifted two degrees east since the 1970's, according to recent research from Columbia University. Topography and atmospheric circulation from both coasts create a pattern of increasing aridity from east to west. The 100th meridian, which splits the Dakotas…
The Good Men Project Become a Premium Member We have pioneered the largest worldwide conversation about what it means to be a good man in the 21st century. Your support of our work is inspiring and invaluable. America’s Arid West Invades Fertile Eastern US America’s arid West is growing bigger. The dry zone of the US is spreading eastwards, thanks to climate change. By Tim Radford Theres an invasion going on down the middle of the US, as America’s arid West advances eastwards. Imperceptibly, decades of climate change have shifted the natural boundary between the dry west and the ferti...