Chronic 2000-2004 drought, worst in 800 years, may be the 'new normal': study
Sunday, July 29, 2012 - 12:02
in Earth & Climate
The chronic drought that hit western North America from 2000 to 2004 left dying forests and depleted river basins in its wake and was the strongest in 800 years, scientists have concluded, but they say those conditions will become the "new normal" for most of the coming century.