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Posted Mon Aug 25 2008: from University of Arizona, via ScienceDaily:
Drier, Warmer Springs In US Southwest Stem From Human-caused Changes In Winds http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1219682814
 Since the 1970s the winter storm track in the western U.S. has been shifting north, particularly in the late winter. As a result, fewer winter storms bring rain and snow to Southern California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, western Colorado and western New Mexico. "We used to have this season from October to April where we had a chance for a storm," said Stephanie A. McAfee. "Now it's from October to March".... McAfee's co-author Joellen L. Russell said, "We're used to thinking about climate change as happening sometime in the future to someone else, but this is right here and affects us now. The future is here."
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