Other places on the northern edge of the tropical rain band, including northern India and South America, also experienced dryer climates in the 1970s and»80s. (sciencedaily.com)
Tropical grasses, which are adapted for dryer climates, tend to have the C - 13 isotope. (sciencedaily.com)
The English pointer almost certainly has Spanish ancestors and to my mind as a working dog its short comparatively thin coat is perhaps more suited to the milder and dryer climate of Spain than the wet and often cold UK. (pethelpful.com)