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A deadly dust storm highlights dangers of drier weather and top soil loss in the central U.S.

KCUR

Published May 19, 2023 at 9:37 AM CDT

A rare dust storm in Illinois this month caused a 72-car pileup on an interstate. Climate experts say it points to a bigger problem — soil erosion.

A rare dust storm in Illinois this month caused a 72-car pileup on an interstate. Climate experts say it points to a bigger problem — soil erosion.

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The high plains drought is so bad that Kansas is importing wheat from Europe

Frank Morris

Kansas wheat farmers will reap the smallest harvest in more than 60 years. Persistent drought withered much of the crop.
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A new study predicts the Arkansas River will continue to get drier. What does that mean for Kansas?

Celia Hack

A new study predicts that the Arkansas River flow will decrease about 28% by the end of the 21st century if greenhouse gas emissions continue at a high rate.
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Here comes the haboob: Texas High Plains getting walloped by dust storms

Jayme Lozano | The Texas Tribune

High Plains residents are used to wind and dust, but an ongoing drought and recent tropical-storm-level winds have brought some epic dust storms.
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Texas study blames climate change for driving up food prices

David Martin Davies

Food costs have also been negatively impacted by the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, higher fertilizer costs, and higher energy prices due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Kansas wheat farmers face a tougher future as climate change ramps up dry, hot, windy weather

David Condos

A new study from Kansas State University researchers is the first to measure how a changing climate is hurting wheat production in the Great Plains. And it points to a future with more extreme heat, drought and wind.