Green Tomorrow

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A study carried out by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has reaffirmed a link between the droughts that have plagued many parts of the U.S. and climate change – though not the one you may have initially pegged. While many recent studies have sought to draw a link between the warming climate and the increased aridity of certain regions in the country – suggesting that climate change may be to blame for some of the record drought seasons we’ve witnessed – this study has posited that droughts may in fact be aggravating climate change by hindering the upta…