Climate change didn’t cause major 2012 drought, federal scientists say

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Global warming didn’t cause the historic drought that covered nearly two-thirds of the country last year, a new study by scientists from several federal agencies found.

Instead, the drought was caused by “natural variations in weather,” the study concluded.

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