Thanks to Bob Berwyn for more details on one of the regions discussed in the climate-emergency declaration (bit.ly/1R3dN6k).
Current regional dry spell appears to be the most severe in more than 900 years
Staff Report
The Mediterranean region may already be feeling the impacts of human-caused climate change, according to a new tree ring study that compared an ongoing drought in the region with historic climate conditions.
Based on the findings, NASA scientists concluded the current drought — spread across Cyprus, Israel, Jordan Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and Turkey — is the worst in at least 900 years. Nearly all climate models project that global warming will dry up the Mediterranean region.
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