{"id":53381,"date":"2016-03-07T14:12:50","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T19:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=53381"},"modified":"2016-03-07T15:12:25","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T20:12:25","slug":"middle-east-drought-the-worst-in-900-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/israel\/middle-east-drought-the-worst-in-900-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle East Drought the Worst in 900 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the JTA:<\/p>\n<p>A recent 14-year dry spell in the Middle East was the worst drought in the past 900 years, according to a new NASA study.<\/p>\n<p>The American space agency\u2019s\u00a0researchers examined records of rings of trees in several Mediterranean countries to determine patterns of dry and wet years across a span of nine centuries. In the study published this week, they concluded that the years from 1998 to 2012 were drier than any other period, and that the drought was likely caused by humans, the Associated Press <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/mideast-just-experienced-worst-drought-in-900-years-nasa-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The study\u2019s lead author Ben Cook said the range of extreme weather events in the eastern Mediterranean has varied widely in the past nine centuries, but the past two decades stand out.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2016\/03\/04\/news-opinion\/israel-middle-east\/nasa-mideast-drought-the-worst-in-900-years\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the JTA: A recent 14-year dry spell in the Middle East was the worst drought in the past 900 years, according to a new NASA study. 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