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["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>]

<http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/04/06/dust.bowl.ap/index.html>
 Study: Climate change could bring new U.S. Dust Bowl
POSTED: 4:01 a.m. EDT, April 6, 2007

• Bottom line: "Better start planning" for parched Southwest, says researcher
• Study, published in journal Science, yields "scary results," scientist says
• Computer models show transition to drier conditions due to climate change

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Changing climate will mean increasing drought in the southwestern United States, where water already 
is in short supply, according to a new study.

"The bottom line message for the average person and also for the states and federal government is that they'd better 
start planning for a Southwest region in which the water resources are increasingly stretched," said Richard Seager of 
Columbia University's Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory.