THE DRY SPELL

摘要

By changing the path of winter storms over North America, it would send far more rain to Alaska, and much less-about 25 cm, or 30 percent less, per year-to the American West. The findings were alarming enough to attract national headlines. But before long, all was forgotten, trampled over by a parade of newer studies with their own dire predictions. Sloan's paper could have remained in obscurity-and probably would have-but for one thing: The terrifying scenario she describes appears to be coming true.