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Study: Texas Lost Enough Water in the 2011 Drought to Fill Lake Mead Nearly Twice Over

Most of the water evaporated from soils, according to new research using satellite data. Photo © Flickr/Creative Commons user TexasEagle Sand blows on the shores of Lake Whitney, south of Fort Worth, Texas in 2011. During the drought that year water reserves in Texas dropped by 62.3 billion cubic meters (50.5 million acre feet) — […]

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