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The next dust bowl

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  • Joseph Romm

    (Joseph Romm is a physicist who edits the blog http://ClimateProgress.org for the Center for American Progress Action Fund, Washington DC, USA.)

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Drought is the most pressing problem caused by climate change. It receives too little attention, says Joseph Romm.

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  • Joseph Romm, 2011. "The next dust bowl," Nature, Nature, vol. 478(7370), pages 450-451, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:478:y:2011:i:7370:d:10.1038_478450a
    DOI: 10.1038/478450a
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