US Drought Linked to Climate Change

Voice of America: As one of the worst droughts ever continues to grip major portions of the United States, a new study links this summer's record-setting dry spell, and other extreme weather events, to the world's warming climate. Parched earth In Texas, the earth is parched. Rivers have dried up, and pasture land has turned brown from the heat. It's been this way since January 2011. The southwestern state is the fourth largest producer of rice in the United States but the drought could cut production by half.......

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