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Science To The Rescue: Droughts
Author: Larry Gerber
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| Retail Price: | $34.95 |
| Betabooks Price | $27.96 |
ISBN: 9781448868469
Format: Hardback
Published: August 2015
Published By: Rosen Publishing Group
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Published: August 2015
Published By: Rosen Publishing Group
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When an area's usual water supply is stressed or fails in a way that negatively affects people, animals, and plants, that area is said to be experiencing a drought. In recent years, a catastrophic drought has ravaged eastern Africa. The large peninsula known as the Horn of Africa usually has a dry season and a rainy season each year. In 2008, however, the rains began to fail. Within three years, millions of people were on the move, forced by thirst and famine to find relief elsewhere.