american west

Climate change parching the American West even without rainfall deficits

A new study finds higher temperatures increase evaporation enough to cause drought without any reduction in precipitation.




american west

The West and the Word : Imagining, Formatting, and Ordering the American West in Nineteenth-Century Cultural Discourse [Electronic book] / Steffen Wöll.

München ; Wien : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2020]




american west

Mark Twain and the American West / Joseph L. Coulombe.

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2003.




american west

How the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Shaped Economic Activity in the American West [electronic journal].

National Bureau of Economic Research




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Ominous trend in American West could signal a looming "megadrought"

"The persistence of the drought conditions, in the Colorado River basin especially, is essentially unprecedented in human history," John Fleck, author of "Water is for Fighting Over," said.





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The haunted landscapes of Téa Obreht — from the Balkans to the American West

The Serbian-American writer spoke with Eleanor Wachtel about how death, afterlife and American West mythology inspired her novel, Inland.



  • Radio/Writers & Company

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The American West May Be Entering a ‘Megadrought’ Worse Than Any in Historical Record

A new study of ancient climate has a dire warning about today's dry conditions




american west

Dark tourism in the American West / Jennifer Dawes, editor

Online Resource




american west

Paleoceanography of the North American Western Interior Seaway based on geochemical analysis of carbonate shell material