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National Climate Assessment: Great Plains’ Ogallala Aquifer Drying Out
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Michon Scott
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Assessments
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This Climate.gov feature highlights that the Ogallala Aquifer (which underlies parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming) is drying. This will likely be one of the most pressing issues facing water availability in the Southern Plains regions in the coming decades.
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Southern Plains