Dust Bowl
"Dust Bowl" is a term coined by a reporter for the Washington (D.C.) Evening Star to describe the effects of severe wind erosion in the Great Plains during the 1930s, caused ...
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Sunday, April 14, 1935, began as a warm spring day in the western part of Oklahoma known as the Panhandle. The sun shone, birds sang, and a gentle southwest wind stirred the fields. In the small town ...
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The time period from 1929 to 1941 marked a forlorn era in American history known as the Great Depression. During this time, unemployment levels increased dramatically, countless banks failed, i...
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James N. Gregory, in his lecture "The Dust Bowl Migration: Poverty Stories, Race Stories," went beyond the superficial rumors about stories of the Great Depression and Dust Bowl; instead, he deeply ex...
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Changing climate will mean increasing drought in the Southwest _ a region where water already is in tight supply _ according to a new study."The bottom line message for the average person and also ...
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Los Angeles (dpa) - Most of the southwestern United States will
turn into a dustbowl by 2050, triggering water wars between
individual states and Mexico, according to a new ...
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They're old and dirty, but NASA's Mars rovers are back in the exploration business after enduring a lengthy Red Planet dust bowl that blocked most of the sunlight they need for power.With skies gra...
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Los Angeles (dpa) - Los Angeles is suffering its driest spell
since record-keeping began 130 years ago, fuelling fears that global
warming could cause a "perfect drought" th...
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The word "change" clings like ChapStick to the lips of presidential candidates these days. But if Hillary and the chaps knew the origin of the word "change," they might not stick with it."Change" f...
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Sydney (dpa) - Australia's worst drought on record has farmers
watching out for those whose despair at cloudless skies, barren
fields and mounting debts could drive them to ...
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From dust bowls in Australia to drought-hit regions in the U.S., Africa, Asia and the Mideast, growing areas are drying out, helping push crop prices to record highs.Wheat prices topped $9 a bushel...
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Mass public shootings have become such a part of American life in recent decades that the most dramatic of them can be evoked from the nation's collective memory in a word or two: Luby's. Jonesboro...
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Sitting on the front row in her college classes carefully taking notes, Nola Ochs is just as likely to answer questions as to ask them. That's not the only thing distinguishing her from fellow stud...
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Dust Bowl
Dust Bowl
The Wrath of the Dust Bowl
Climate change threatens new dust bowl
