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Recent Increased Aridity in Peninsular Florida

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

James M. Coleman
James M. Coleman*
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 USA
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Abstract

Precipitation and river-flow data from peninsular Florida show a trend toward increased aridity beginning about 1960. The trend follows by 10–20 yr the onset of Northern Hemispheric cooling and indicates a possible present-day link between this cooling and the recent decrease in precipitation in peninsular Florida. This phenomenon tends to support the hypothesis of a return to cooler and drier conditions, perhaps, similar to those prevailing during the Little Ice Age.

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Quaternary Research , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , January 1980, pp. 75 - 79
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University of Washington

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