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Arid west pushing east?

See that line down the middle of the United States? New research says it’s on the move.

In the 1870’s, American geologist and explorer John Wesley Powell identified a boundary line in the U.S. between the moist, humid east and the arid west. Now, that line has been tested by science, and it may be shifting. We’re featuring a podcast on NSF’s Science360 Radio about the new research: bit.ly/2Ic2h9u

Above: John Wesley Powell with Tau-gu, chief of the Paiutes, 1871–1872

Below: Richard Seager, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Papers: Whither the 100th Meridian? The Once and Future Physical and Human Geography of America’s Arid–Humid Divide. Part I: The Story So Far https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/EI-D-17-0011.1 Part 2: https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/EI-D-17-0012.1

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"Life and death matters, yes. And the question of how to behave in this world, how to go in the face of everything. Time is short and the water is rising." -Raymond Carver

on the move (again!) racoon blues tunes

Sounds like... pickles singing "please release me" in 4-part harmony

Sounds like... the voice of Standing Bear and sea kelp trying to melt a heart of stone.