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Bioclimatologist Park Williams: East vs. West

How the dry areas in the U.S. are getting drier and the wet areas, wetter.

01/07/2022

New Mexico In Focus

Bioclimatologist Park Williams: East vs. West

Clip: Season 15 Episode 27 | 4m 9sVideo has Closed Captions

How the dry areas in the U.S. are getting drier and the wet areas, wetter.

Park Williams is a UCLA bioclimatologist who studies drought and wildfire in the western United States. He spoke with correspondent Laura Paskus about today’s ongoing drought and how it compares with droughts in the ancient past. In this clip, they talk about the East-West divide when it comes to precipitation in North America and how the dry areas are getting drier and the wet areas, wetter.

01/07/2022

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