Western US May Be Experiencing Its Worst Dry Spell in 12 Centuries – Mother Jones

Shrinking snowpacks, parched topsoil and depleted reservoirs are symptoms of the West’s longest continuous streak of dry years since 800 AD. There is also a significant likelihood the streak continues. A study published in Nature Climate Change in February predicted a 94 percent chance the drought stretches through 2023; the chances of it persisting through 2030 are 75 percent, when factoring in continued impacts of a warming climate.

According to the US Drought Monitor, most of the West is in “moderate” to “severe drought.” Certain regions, like eastern and southwestern Oregon, California’s Central Valley, southern Nevada and eastern New Mexico are in “extreme” to “exceptional” drought.

Source: Western US May Be Experiencing Its Worst Dry Spell in 12 Centuries – Mother Jones

Study finds mysterious DDT chemicals in California condors – Los Angeles Times

This latest study builds on much-needed research into DDT’s toxic — and insidious — legacy in California. Public calls for action have intensified since The Times reported that the nation’s largest manufacturer of this pesticide once dumped its waste into the deep ocean. As many as half a million barrels could still be underwater today, according to old records and a UC Santa Barbara study that provided the first real glimpse of this pollution bubbling 3,000 feet under the sea near Catalina Island. Source: Study finds mysterious DDT chemicals in California condors – Los Angeles Times

Turkish Tuesdays, Two Lessons from Hakan:Muhafiz, s2e5, and Ending this Series

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

What do we learn from season 2, episode 5?

Lessons:
1.)  Never trust a person who enjoys killing.
2.)  History still Matters.
Yep, they told you this would happen, Hakan.
No time for breakfast, guys?
So, having killed her, whose  blood did they use to bring  back poor Leyla, without the hancer to draw blood?
So, these immortals do need to sleep.
And not only does he needlessly kill people, but he also likes to torture.
Even if this guy did kill his family, never is torture acceptable.  Ever.
But the gömlek is only supposed to accept temiz kalbin insanlar, not just any muhafız descendant.
I’ll be ending this review series with this season’s last episode.

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