Sentences with phrase «statement about droughts»
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They suggest that during previous warm periods — one about 120,000 years ago and another about 10,000 years ago — the Middle East saw severe drought, with rainfall decreasing to at least half of what it typically is today, and at its worst drying up by 80 percent, Columbia University explained in a statement.
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The more general point though, is that the the balance of evidence shows that the Amazon is sensitive to drought, and the IPCC's statements about it remain valid.