Research by WHOI paleoclimatologist Kevin Anchukaitis, left, and Univ. of Minnesota Assistant Professor Dan Griffin has shown that the drought of 2012-2014 has been the worst in 1,200 years. They used tree-rings from centuries-old blue oak like the one pictured to provide long-term context for the ongoing California drought. (Photo by Megan Lundin, Wind Wolves Preserve, Bakersfield, CA)
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