www.nytimes.com In parched Southwest, warm spring renews threat of ‘megadrought’ Rapid melting this year showed that good snowpack doesn’t necessarily translate into full reservoirs.
Newsletter www.nytimes.com In parched Southwest, warm spring renews threat of ‘megadrought’ The Southwest has been mired in drought for most of the past two decades. The heat and dryness, made worse by climate change, have been so persistent that some researchers say the region is now caught up in a megadrought