2022
15
Feb
New Findings about the 1540 Coronado Expedition
Dear Friends,
On Valentine’s Day, a New York Times article (also linked in today’s edition below) informed me that the current megadrought in the west is the worst in 12 centuries—60 generations.
I wasn’t surprised.
Just two days earlier, I’d observed the devastating demise of t...
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2012
20
May
Ancient Southwestern Tree-Ring Records Indicate Recent "Megafires" are Unusual Events
Ancient Southwestern Tree-Ring Records Indicate Recent "Megafires" are Unusual Anomalies
Today’s mega forest fires of the southwestern U.S. are truly unusual and exceptional in the long-term record, suggests a new study that examined hundreds of years of ancient tree ring and fire data from two d...
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