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In the America's with David Yetman

Dry Times in the Southwest: the new realities

Season 7 Episode 706

Nowhere are the realities of climate change more sharply defined than in the American Southwest. Here rivers are drying and reservoir levels have reached all-time lows. Cities and countryside alike must adapt to drought, but the strategies used by municipalities are far different from those used by ranchers.

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